Movies: David Riondino

The Night of San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. In 1944, a group of Italians flee their town after hearing rumours that the Nazis plan to blow it up and that the Americans are about t...

Jacopo, Duccio, Cecco, Manfredo and Filippo are five friends who live in Florence of the fifteenth century, during a plague epidemic....

Maqroll, Ilona, and Abdul all share a common dream: to sail the world in a tramp-steamer. But who could afford such a thing? Over the years they have become separated. Alone in Panama City, smuggler Maqroll is finding neither great success nor hap...

A group of comedians are trying to be successful on stage. One night an important television network organises a public variety show to sort out some performers for their programs. Every one of them will try their hardest, but just a few will be chos...

A group of Italian people go to Cuba, for various different reasons. One of them would like to remake Vittorio De Sica's The Bicycle Thief. But it won't be easy....

This documentary explores the partnership between the prolific singer-songwriter and pioneering rock band — and their historic 1979 Genoa concert....

Both from the same neighborhood of Livorno, filmmaker Paolo Virzì interviews singer-songwriter Roberto 'Bobo' Rondelli about his art....

After the Charlie Hebdo shooting events by the hand of jihadist terrorists David wants to bring on stage a play based on the late satyrical cartoonist George Wolinski's comicbook strips, but he struggles to finds cohoperation from institutional figur...

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Young radical Riccardo returns home after hiding in South America for five years, only to find out that his comrades either gave up their ideals or turned to drugs, while all they fought for seems to have set the stage for near-anarchy....

It's the story of Caterina, a young and well-known psychologist with a perfect life. One day something happen and everything is going to change. She will have to start a new life, in-between troubles, friendship, news, disasters, parties. A deeply di...

All you wanted to know about THC and you were never told. A mix of documentary, comedy and live music to celebrate the Italian movement in favor of the legalization of cannabis....

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Anthology of urban stories form seven Italian directors....

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Havana, 1974. Almost every day, Ana puts a cuban flag on the balcony. The flag is faded and full of stains. Ana suggests to her husband Nicanor to get another one. From there the couple will be doomed to unexpected complications......

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