Movies by Claudio Santamaria
Melissa P.
An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.
The Return
After twenty years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king has finally returned home, but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war.
Drifters
A man develops an attraction to the daughter of his father's fiancee.
They Call Me Jeeg
After coming in contact with radioactive waste, small-time crook Enzo Ceccotti gains super-strength. A misanthropic, introverted brute, he uses his new powers for personal gain until he meets Alessia, a mentally ill girl who believes Enzo is the hero from her favorite anime Steel Jeeg.
My Summer with the Shark
School's out and 13-year-old Walter has lost his father. In his seemingly aimless wanderings around the Roman coast, a fascinating and mysterious place catches his eye: an abandoned villa with a huge, murky swimming pool. But the villa is not unguarded...
Amarsi può darsi
During their divorce trial, Davide and Giulia go back through episodes of their life together while they listen to a series of witnesses. Do they really want to go different ways?
The Medicine Seller
A farmaceutical salesman is involved in the spiral of corruption in the medical assistance of the welfare state system.
Elf Me
A bumbling Christmas elf whose Santa's helper job is jeopardized by a complete inability in building toys teams up with a kid harassed by bullies.
Sei come sei
Six shorts.
Forgive Us Our Debts
Threatened by creditors, a newly unemployed man agrees to work for a debt collector, but soon discovers his deal with the devil has unexpected costs.
Volare
The true story of Andrea and Franco Antonello, a father and autistic son who traveled by motorbike for three months between the United States and South America.
Ídolos
Freaks Out
Four circus freaks with superpowers find themselves trapped in Nazi-occupied Rome after their owner and father figure goes missing in the aftermath of the 1943 surrender of Italy to the Allies.
Ecco fatto
Two friends reminisce about their last days of high school, when one of them ruined his shot at young love due to his jealousy and possessiveness.
Non è mai troppo tardi
Alberto Manzi is twenty years old and wants to be a teacher. He gets the job at a juvenile correctional facility, to then get transfered to a proper school, who he deems inadequate. At that time the public broadcasting network Rai decides to realize a program to educate millions of Italians.
Ugly Nasty People
A group of physically disabled lowlifes plans the the perfect heist, but things go south as each reveals an agenda of their own.