Movies by Roberto Citran

Diabolik

Diabolik

1960s, the city of Clerville. The forthcoming visit of heiress Eva Kant, who'll be bringing a famous pink diamond with her, catches the attention of Diabolik, the infallible and elusive thief whose real identity is unknown: while trying to steal the jewel, he finds himself bewitched by Eva's charm, a feeling she may be reciprocating. But the police, led by relentless Inspector Ginko, is rapidly closing in on him...

Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven

Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven

One of the most popular saints of all time, St. Philip Neri was widely known for his great charity, deep prayer life, and tremendous humor. Hoping to join St. Ignatius of Loyola's new order of Jesuits and be a missionary to India, Philip was instead guided by Providence to seek out the poor and abandoned youth of Rome to catechize them in the faith and help them find a better life. He became the founder of the religious congregation, the Oratory, that worked with the youth and also labored to re-evangelize a decadent Rome.

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish

The Tulse Luper Suitcases reconstructs the life of Tulse Luper, a professional writer and project-maker, caught up in a life of prisons. He was born in 1911 in Newport, South Wales and presumably last heard of in 1989. His life is reconstructed from the evidence of 92 suitcases found around the world - 92 being the atomic number of the element Uranium. The project includes three feature films, a TV series, 92 DVDs, CD-ROMs, and books.

Ambrogio

Ambrogio

A woman wants to graduate to the Italian Naval Academy in the 60s. She has to fight her family, her friends and a world not ready to accept her.

Mary of Nazareth

Mary of Nazareth

The film begins with the Annunciation: Mary, a young Galilean, virginal conceived the Messiah, the Son of God. Her husband Joseph, a humble carpenter, decided to stay by his side throughout. When Caesar Augustus ordered the Jews to register people, the couple embarks on a journey to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. Meanwhile, Maria Magdalena, a young woman from the same town that Mary, turns away from God and placed in the palace of King Herod, Herodias where convinces her to lose her innocence in the arms of the king's son.

The Order of Things

The Order of Things

An immigration agent is torn between the job and his humanity.

The Last Prosecco

The Last Prosecco

The suicide of a prominent wine producer unleashes a series of mysterious murders.

Chiara Lubich - L'Amore vince tutto

Chiara Lubich - L'Amore vince tutto

Il prete bello

Il prete bello

In 1939 Vicenza, a young petty thief befriends the local priest. Based on the novel by Goffredo Parise.

Berlinguer. La grande ambizione

Berlinguer. La grande ambizione

The story of Enrico Berlinguer's private and public life, between 1973 and 1978.

Marching in Darkness

Marching in Darkness

A young recruit to the Italian army discovers and rejects the seedy world of soldiers who prostitute themselves to supplement their income. But before leaving this world he is raped by a highly-respected senior officer and must decide whether to risk bringing proceedings against him.

La classe non è acqua

La classe non è acqua

The Big Step

The Big Step

At the age of six, Dario watched the first moon flight on television. Since then, his dream has been to fly to the moon. For the past three decades, the ingenious but difficult by nature Dario has been building a moon rocket on his farm in the Veneto countryside. Rocket technology represents applied rocket science. Its systems are implemented on a do-it-yourself basis, and the components are obtained from the local hardware store. The initial launch of the rocket fails. The neighbor's cornfield burns down and Dario is arrested. When his Roma...

The Amusements of Private Life

The Amusements of Private Life

Italian-French costume dramedy that takes place in France in the end of 18th Century during the French Revolution. It is "The Marriage of Figaro" meets "The Dangerous Liaisons" and it tells the story of two women, Mathilde Seurat, the actress and Julie Renard, the aristocratic wife and a mother (Delphine Forest plays both) with the same face who came from the different parts of society and at one point exchanged their identities and their lives. The movie also features Giancarlo Giannini and great Vittorio Gassman.

Corsa di primavera

Corsa di primavera

The Valley of Smiles

The Valley of Smiles

Sergio Rossetti, a physical education teacher, is transferred to Remis, a small mountain village in which an unbreakable serenity reigns. He discovers that behind that golden equilibrium lies a disturbing ritual. One night a week the inhabitants of Remis are freed of their pain thanks to a teenager, Matteo Corbin: just hugging him is enough to feel better. In an attempt to save Matteo from the madness of his community, Sergio will unleash the dark side of what everyone calls the angel of Remis.

Patria

Patria