Asia Argento

Michele is an MP for the Italian Communist Party who loses his memory in a car crash, though hardly anyone around him seems to notice. During a crucial water polo match on the eve of election day, he gradually begins to remember his past life, revealing a man whose personal and political identity crisis mirrors that of Italian communism itself.

Dir. Nanni Moretti · With Nanni Moretti, Silvio Orlando, Asia Argento

Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.

Dir. Patrice Chéreau · With Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade

The living dead have taken over the world, and the remaining humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they cope with the situation.

Dir. George A. Romero · With Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper

A group of tenants and visitors are trapped in a 10-story high-rise apartment building infested with demons who proceed to hunt the dwindling humans down.

Dir. Lamberto Bava · With David Edwin Knight, Nancy Brilli, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni

In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass grave of a Teutonic purge, an ancient discovery by the new librarian will release an unholy maelstrom of madness, violence, and demonic vengeance.

Dir. Michele Soavi · With Hugh Quarshie, Tomas Arana, Feodor Chaliapin Jr.

A young Romanian woman and a recovering drug addict launch an unlikely investigation after her parents are murdered by a vicious serial killer known as The Headhunter.

Dir. Dario Argento · With Christopher Rydell, Asia Argento, Piper Laurie

Alone in the mountains of Switzerland, Anne discovers that her isolated chalet is on surveillance and has been bugged. Caught up by her former life as an intelligence secret agent and an affair with her handler, Anne can only count on herself to get out alive.

Dir. Jérôme Dassier · With Asia Argento, Jeanne Balibar, Joseph Rezwin

A retelling of the story of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette - from her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at fifteen to her reign as queen at nineteen and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

Dir. Sofia Coppola · With Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Steve Coogan

Comic tale of a cynical TV star's slow-combustion romance with a young paraplegic.

Dir. Carlo Verdone · With Carlo Verdone, Asia Argento, Aldo Maccione

A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.

Dir. Dario Argento · With Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi

Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization that may just be planning the destruction of the world, led by the nihilistic Yorgi.

Dir. Rob Cohen · With Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas

Set against the background of the French Revolution and based on Victor Hugo's classic novel this is the story of Jean Valjean who is sent to prison for stealing a loaf of bread and is released after nineteen years. He meets and cares for a beautiful but poverty-stricken young girl named Fantine who has daughter Cosette. After Fantine's death Valjean brings Cosette up but he is haunted by Javert - a policeman whose search for Valjean has become an obsession.

Dir. Josée Dayan · With Gérard Depardieu, John Malkovich, Christian Clavier

Young Jeremiah lives in a stable environment with loving foster parents until the day his troubled mother, Sarah, returns to claim him. Jeremiah becomes swept up in his mother's dangerous world of drugs, seedy hotels, strip joints and revolving lovers. Salvation comes in the form of the boy's ultrareligious grandparents, but soon Jeremiah's mother returns. Maternal love binds the pair together on the road until Sarah's desperate and depraved lifestyle finally consumes her.

Dir. Asia Argento · With Asia Argento, Jimmy Bennett, Jeremy Renner

A beautiful woman, Sandra, seduces a wealthy businessman, Miles Rennburg. Little does he realise that she has been sent to kill him at the behest of her boyfriend/crime partner, Lester. Controlling all this is Sue, Lester's wife.

Dir. Olivier Assayas · With Asia Argento, Michael Madsen, Kelly Lin Hsi-Lei

A series of terrifying accidents and brutal murders leave a bloody trail into the subterranean caverns of an Opera house. Below the theatre stalks a man raised by creatures of the underworld.

Dir. Dario Argento · With Julian Sands, Asia Argento, Andrea Di Stefano

Gaetano is a divorced traffic cop in a relationship with a beautiful and exuberant woman, for whom he happily provides standards of living well above his means. He plans to propose to her, but she is thinking to run away with his handsome superior. In the midst of debts, unpaid alimony and other serious financial issues, Gaetano unexpectedly wins the lottery, turning the fortune around.

Dir. Paolo Costella · With Vincenzo Salemme, Asia Argento, Nicole Grimaudo

The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday life involves friends and family seeking financial aid and favors, inspired by rock music legend Kurt Cobain and his final hours.

Dir. Gus Van Sant · With Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento

A corporate raider and his henchman use a chanteuse to lure a scientific genius away from his employer and family.

Dir. Abel Ferrara · With Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Asia Argento

An ancient urn is found in a cemetery outside Rome. Once opened, it triggers a series of violent incidents: robberies, rapes and murders increase dramatically, while several mysterious, evil-looking young women coming from all over the world are gathering in the city. All these events are caused by the return of Mater Lacrimarum, the last of three powerful witches who have been spreading terror and death for centuries. Alone against an army of psychos and demons, Sarah Mandy, an art student who seems to have supernatural abilities of her own, is the only person left to prevent the Mother of Tears from destroying Rome.

Dir. Dario Argento · With Asia Argento, Cristian Solimeno, Adam James

Diana, a high-class prostitute trying to escape from a serial killer, suffers a car accident that leaves her blind and kills the family of Chin, a ten-year-old boy.

Dir. Dario Argento · With Ilenia Pastorelli, Asia Argento, Andrea Zhang

When Englishman Jonathan Harker visits the exotic castle of Count Dracula, he is entranced by the mysterious aristocrat. But upon learning that the count has sinister designs on his wife, Mina, Harker seeks help from vampire slayer Van Helsing.

Dir. Dario Argento · With Thomas Kretschmann, Asia Argento, Rutger Hauer