Don't Move

2004

Italian

7.0

♡ 12

47%

Sergio Castellitto Director

Penélope Cruz as Italia

Lina Bernardi as Nora

Sergio Castellitto as Timoteo

Margaret Mazzantini as Ultima donna di questa storia

While waiting for the brain surgery of his daughter Angela, victim of a motorcycle accident, the surgeon Timoteo recalls his torrid affair with and passion for Italia, a simple woman from slums in the periphery of the big city where he lives. The ghost of the beloved and sexual object of desire Italia chases him in his memories.

The Embalmer

2002

Italian

7.0

♡ 17

81%

older man younger man relationship

Matteo Garrone Director

Lina Bernardi as Deborah's Mother

Ciro Fortunato as Kid

Francesco Apolloni as Mechanic

Valerio Foglia Manzillo as Valerio

Peppino, a diminutive taxidermist with a reputation for sleaziness, meets Valerio, a handsome if artless much younger man fascinated by the trade. Peppino offers him a large salary to come work as his assistant, with the job burgeoning into a budding friendship he mistakes for something more. When Valerio finds a girlfriend, their fledgling romance will be threatened by an insanely jealous third wheel.

Bread and Tulips

2000

Italian

7.3

♡ 6

71%

husband wife relationship

Silvio Soldini Director

Tatiana Lepore as Adele

Felice Andreasi as Fermo

Bruno Ganz as Fernando Girasole

Lina Bernardi as Nancy

An endearing light comedy about a woman who spontaneously becomes a resident of Venice after her family left her behind. While enjoying the wonderful people she meets she achieves a new life and the first time independent of her family.