Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes

Documentary about master director Roberto Rossellini, who tells details of his life and childhood and visits the places where he has lived and shot some of his most famous movies.

Linee d'ombra

The Tough and the Mighty

Based on the story of real life Sardinian bandit Graziano Mesina.

Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo

Documentary about the life and works of Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini.

Luchino Visconti

A chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his theatricality, role in the neorealist movement, use of melodrama, and relation to decadence. It touches on the impact of a fabulously wealthy childhood, his writing for "Cinema," his politics, his work with Renoir, his appreciation of Thomas Mann, and his deep knowledge of literature and the arts. Visconti moves constantly between film and the theater, staging plays provocatively, working with Maria Callas at La Scala, and shooting films in theaters. C...

Outcry

A neorealist tribute to the Italian resistance fighters of World War II.

Sperduti nel buio

Documentary about the lost 1914 film "Sperduti nel buio". Film historian Denis Lotto journeys across Europe following the trail of the lost movie.

We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism

This short film tells the story of the most important cinema trend that Italy has ever produced - Neo Realism. Born after the Second World War, this veritable cultural revolution rapidly became a boundless source of inspiration for movie-makers throughout the entire world. Even today it influences those wanting to produce quality movies characterized and identified as Italian products able to be exported as well. It is precisely one of the masters of this unique current rich in different personalities who introduces the story - Carlo Lizzani...

Portrait Of My Father

A labor of love documentary, in which a daughter, with the help of various talking heads, looks back on the life work of her father.