Movies: Paolo Taviani

  • 1958
    The Sword and the Cross

    The Sword and the Cross (1958)

    The Sword and the Cross

    21958HD

    Mary Magdalene, a notorious harlot, must choose between her lascivious lifestyle and the love and affection of her decent-minded brother....

    The Sword and the Cross
  • 1994
    The True Life of Antonio H.

    The True Life of Antonio H. (1994)

    The True Life of Antonio H.

    7.51994HD

    This film depicts a series of landmark events in the life of hapless thespian Antonio Hutter (Alessandro Haber), the unfortunate fictional alter-ego of legendary actor Alessandro Haber. This surreal faux-biography begins with Hutter's birth in Bologn...

    The True Life of Antonio H.
  • 1977
    Padre Padrone

    Padre Padrone (1977)

    Padre Padrone

    6.81977HD

    The true story of the life of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd, and how he managed to escape his harsh, almost barbaric existence by slowly educating himself, despite violent opposition from his brutal father....

    Padre Padrone
  • 1979
    The Meadow

    The Meadow (1979)

    The Meadow

    6.81979HD

    Romantic entanglements develop between three young Italians frustrated by their current economic and social status....

    The Meadow
  • 1974
    Allonsanfan

    Allonsanfan (1974)

    Allonsanfan

    6.61974HD

    After the 1815 Restoration, an aging revolutionary finds himself reluctantly involved in an attempted insurrection in Southern Italy while growing increasingly disillusioned with his cause....

    Allonsanfan
  • 2022
    Ennio

    Ennio (2022)

    Ennio

    8.22022HD

    A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hundred unforgettable scores....

    Ennio
  • 2001
    Tomorrow

    Tomorrow (2001)

    Tomorrow

    5.32001HD

    This ensemble drama details the friendships that grow between survivors of the 1997 Umbria earthquake. The townsfolk—adults, children and foreigners alike—deal with various issues as they try to resume normal lives in a homeless situation....

    Tomorrow
  • 1997
    Quando l'Italia non era un paese povero

    Quando l'Italia non era un paese povero (1997)

    Quando l'Italia non era un paese povero

    01997HD

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    Quando l'Italia non era un paese povero
  • 2004
    Luisa Sanfelice

    Luisa Sanfelice (2004)

    Luisa Sanfelice

    62004HD

    An 18th-century true story about a rebel and his lover's attempt to overthrow the Italian monarchy....

    Luisa Sanfelice
  • 1967
    The Subversives

    The Subversives (1967)

    The Subversives

    6.21967HD

    The film combines actual footage of Communist leader Palmiero Togliatti's funeral with the intermingled stories of four people affected by his death: Ettore, a Venezuelan radical who abandons the wealthy Italian woman he loves to go back to his count...

    The Subversives
  • 1972
    St. Michael Had a Rooster

    St. Michael Had a Rooster (1972)

    St. Michael Had a Rooster

    6.61972HD

    Sentenced to life imprisonment for illegal activities, Italian International member Giulio Manieri holds on to his political ideals while struggling against madness in the loneliness of his prison cell....

    St. Michael Had a Rooster
  • 2007
    The Lark Farm

    The Lark Farm (2007)

    The Lark Farm

    6.12007HD

    The Lark Farm is set in a small Turkish town in 1915. It deals with the genocide of Armenians, looking closely at the fortunes, or rather, misfortunes of one wealthy Armenian family....

    The Lark Farm
  • 1962
    A Man for Burning

    A Man for Burning (1962)

    A Man for Burning

    5.21962HD

    Political activist Salvatore returns to his native Sicily and stirs up trouble among the peasants, urging them to confront the Mafia and demand the right to plough their own fields. The peasants refuse to help him, and Salvatore is marked by the Mafi...

    A Man for Burning
  • 2001
    Resurrection

    Resurrection (2001)

    Resurrection

    6.62001HD

    At the end of the XIX century in Russia, Prince Dimitri Necklivdov is called as a jury-man in a trial. The defendant is Katiuscia Maslova, accused of murdering a merchant in order to rob him. Dimitri recognizes Katiuscia: she was the girl he seduced ...

    Resurrection
  • 1982
    The Night of the Shooting Stars

    The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)

    The Night of the Shooting Stars

    7.11982HD

    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...

    The Night of the Shooting Stars
  • 1996
    Elective Affinities

    Elective Affinities (1996)

    Elective Affinities

    6.11996HD

    After an architect (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) is invited to the home of his associate, the harmony of the place comes undone with the visitor's attraction to someone....

    Elective Affinities
  • 1987
    Good Morning, Babylon

    Good Morning, Babylon (1987)

    Good Morning, Babylon

    6.21987HD

    After the bankruptcy of their father's stonemasonry firm, brothers Nicola and Andrea emigrate to America to restore their fortunes. After many adventures and near-disasters, they end up in Hollywood, designing sets for D.W. Griffith, and marry beauti...

    Good Morning, Babylon
  • 2010
    Sodankylä Forever

    Sodankylä Forever (2010)

    Sodankylä Forever

    02010HD

    The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by Aki and Mika Kaurismäki along with Anssi Mänttäri and Peter von Bagh in 1985, the festival has playe...

    Sodankylä Forever
  • 1993
    Fiorile

    Fiorile (1993)

    Fiorile

    5.91993HD

    The Benedetti family's wealth comes from gold stolen from the French army during the 18th century. When Jean (Michael Vartan), the lieutenant guarding the coins -- and lover of Elisabette Benedetti (Galatea Ranzi) -- is executed for a crime he did no...

    Fiorile
  • 1984
    Sabatoventiquattromarzo

    Sabatoventiquattromarzo (1984)

    Sabatoventiquattromarzo

    01984HD

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    Sabatoventiquattromarzo