Movies by Claudio Santamaria

Melissa P.

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

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

Drifters

A man develops an attraction to the daughter of his father's fiancee.

They Call Me Jeeg

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

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

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

The Medicine Seller

A farmaceutical salesman is involved in the spiral of corruption in the medical assistance of the welfare state system.

Elf Me

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

Sei come sei

Six shorts.

Forgive Us Our Debts

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

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

Ídolos

Freaks Out

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

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

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

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.