Darker Than Midnight

2014

English

6.2

♡ 2

73%

Sebastiano Riso Director

Lucia Sardo as Assunta, la nonna di Davide

Pippo Delbono as L'uomo in bianco

Vincenzo Amato as Massimo, il padre di Davide

Micaela Ramazzotti as Rita, la madre di Davide

Davide is different from the other teenagers. Something makes him look like a girl. Davide is fourteen when he runs away from home. His intuition leads him to choose Villa Bellini, a park in Catania, as a refuge. The park is a world in itself, a world of the marginalized, to which the rest of the city turns a blind eye. But one day the past catches up and Davide has to face the most difficult choice, this time alone.

Something New

2016

Italian

5.7

♡ 3

Comedy

older woman younger man relationship

romantic comedy

romcom

Cristina Comencini Director

Eduardo Valdarnini as Luca

Paola Cortellesi as Lucia

Micaela Ramazzotti as Maria

Chiara Scalise as Matilde

Lucia and Maria are two best friends, who have known each other from the beginning of their life, but have very different tastes and behaviors. Lucia is done with men, Maria, on the contrary, cannot be without one. One night, the perfect man shows up in Maria's bed: handsome, sensible, mature and passionate.The next morning brings up misunderstandings and lies which make the two friends split up and take a break for themselves. Maybe that young man met by chance is really the one every woman is looking for, because with his simple theories he manages to paint the perfect picture of the two women's lives.

Tenderness

2017

Italian

6.4

♡ 2

75%

Drama

Gianni Amelio Director

Greta Scacchi as Aurora

Giuseppe Zeno as Giulio

Micaela Ramazzotti as Michela

Salvatore Cantalupo as Satriano

Back from the hospital where he has been treated after a heart attack, Lorenzo is on his way upstairs to his top-floor apartment in Naples when he meets Michela. The charming young woman, who has just moved to the facing apartment, has forgotten her keys and finds herself locked out. Cynical and grumpy, the retired lawyer who has been living estranged from the rest of the world, should normally leave her to her fate but he mellows under her spontaneous charm. He helps her, becomes friends not only with her but with her husband Fabio and their two children. For once, the self-declared misanthropist seems to be experiencing the long forgotten feeling of empathy.

7 Women and a Murder

2021

Italian

5.4

♡ 2

67%

Alessandro Genovesi Director

Margherita Buy as Margherita

Ornella Vanoni as Rachele

Diana Del Bufalo as Susanna

Micaela Ramazzotti as Veronica

When the family patriarch is murdered, seven women find themselves trapped together in his mansion to solve the mystery.

The First Beautiful Thing

2010

Italian

7.0

♡ 9

74%

parent child relationship

Paolo Virzì Director

Micaela Ramazzotti as Anna Nigiotti in Michelucci - 1971-1981

Stefania Sandrelli as Anna Nigiotti in Michelucci - 2009

Valerio Mastandrea as Bruno Michelucci - 2009

Carlo Virzì as Gruppo Musicale Festa Paoletti

The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything begins in the Summer of 1971, at the annual Summer beauty pageant held at Livorno’s most popular bathing establishment. Anna is unexpectedly crowned “Most Beautiful Mother”, unwittingly stirring the violent jealousy of her husband. From then on, chaos strikes the family and for Anna, Bruno and his sister Valeria, it is the start of an adventure that will only end thirty years later.

Like Crazy

2016

Italian

7.1

♡ 2

Comedy

Drama

Paolo Virzì Director

Micaela Ramazzotti as Donatella Morelli

Valentina Carnelutti as Dottoressa Fiamma Zappa

Marco Messeri as Floriano Morelli

Anna Galiena as Luciana Brogi coniugata Morelli

Two mental patients with opposite personalities ditch their Tuscan hospital and embark on an unpredictable exploration of the real world.

Tutta la vita davanti

2008

Italian

6.9

♡ 4

Paolo Virzì Director

Claudio Fragasso as Capo Servizio Cultura

Massimo Ghini as Claudio

Valerio Mastandrea as Giorgio Conforti

Micaela Ramazzotti as Sonia

25-year-old philosophy major Marta faces the ugly truth for many young Italians — a complete lack of career opportunities. While babysitting for single mother Sonia, she starts to work as a telemarketer, experiencing first-hand the fanatical and exploitative rat-race culture pushed on employees while quickly rising through the ranks of the company. Around her revolve people like delusional supervisor Daniela, her womanizing boss Claudio, fragile coworker Lucio "2", and well-meaning but inconsistent union rep Giorgio.