The Goddess of Fortune

2019

Italian

6.7

♡ 4

100%

Ferzan Ozpetek Director

Edoardo Leo as Alessandro Marchetti

Jasmine Trinca as Annamaria Muscarà

Filippo Nigro as Filippo

Matteo Martari as Stefano

Alessandro and Arturo have been together for over 15 years and, despite the feeling they still have for each other, their relationship is now at crisis. When Alessandro’s best friend, out of the blue, asks them to take care of her two kids for a few days, something changes in their daily routine and love will drive them to a crazy and unexpected turn in their life.

Steam: The Turkish Bath

1997

Turkish

6.8

♡ 13

82%

Ferzan Ozpetek Director

Alessandro Gassman as Francesco

Mehmet Günsür as Mehmet

Alberto Molinari as Paolo

Ludovica Modugno as Voice of Aunt Anita

Francesco and Marta run a husband-and-wife design company in Rome. When Francesco's aunt dies in Istanbul he travels there to sort out the hamam Turkish steam bath that she left him. He finds a love and warmth in his relatives' Istanbul home that is missing from his life in Italy.

Loose Cannons

2010

Italian

7.2

♡ 3

74%

Ferzan Ozpetek Director

Alessandro Preziosi as Antonio Cantone

Lunetta Savino as Stefania Cantone

Riccardo Scamarcio as Tommaso Cantone

Ennio Fantastichini as Vincenzo Cantone

Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, Tommaso decides to tell his parents the truth about himself. But when he is finally ready to come out in front of the entire family, his older brother Antonio ruins his plans.

The Ignorant Fairies

2001

Italian

7.3

♡ 9

Ferzan Ozpetek Director

Margherita Buy as Antonia

Gabriel Garko as Ernesto

Giorgio Gobbi as Paziente Laboratorio

Filippo Nigro as Riccardo

When Antonia's husband Massimo is killed in a car accident, she accidentally discovers that he has been having a same-sex affair with a produce wholesaler named Michele.

Saturn in Opposition

2007

Italian

6.7

♡ 2

79%

Drama

friendship

Romance

Ferzan Ozpetek Director

Margherita Buy as Angelica Pontesilli

Lunetta Savino as Minnie

Ennio Fantastichini as Sergio

Luigi Diberti as Vittorio

This film focuses on contemporary 30- and 40-somethings trying to make sense of their lives in an age in which the old certainties have disappeared. Lorenzo and Davide make their lives together within a circle that includes Antonio and Angelica, married with children; Nerval and her policeman husband.

Naples in Veils

2017

Italian

5.7

♡ 26

71%

Ferzan Ozpetek Director

Luisa Ranieri as

Alessandro Borghi as

Maria Pia Calzone as

Loredana Cannata as Liliana

In a Naples suspended between magic and superstition, madness and rationality, a mystery envelops the existence of Adriana, overwhelmed by a sudden love and a violent crime.

Nuovo Olimpo

2023

Italian

7.2

♡ 12

80%

Ferzan Ozpetek Director

Greta Scarano as

Luisa Ranieri as

Aurora Giovinazzo as

Andrea Di Luigi as

In 1970s Rome, a casual encounter between Enea and Pietro at a movie theater turns into an unforgettable romance — until destiny pulls them apart.

Facing Windows

2003

Italian

7.2

♡ 10

63%

holocaust (shoah) survivor

Ferzan Ozpetek Director

Filippo Nigro as Filippo

Raoul Bova as Lorenzo

Ivan Bacchi as Simone

Massimo Girotti as Simone / Davide Veroli

Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for a Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her.

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The Goddess of Fortune

Steam: The Turkish Bath

Loose Cannons

The Ignorant Fairies

Saturn in Opposition

Naples in Veils

Nuovo Olimpo

Facing Windows