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Ennio Fantastichini has 10 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2010s.
A Man Called Ove
2015
Comedy · Drama

Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, Tommaso decides to tell his parents the truth about himself. But when he is finally ready to come out in front of the entire family, his older brother Antonio ruins his plans.
Dir. Ferzan Özpetek · With Riccardo Scamarcio, Nicole Grimaudo, Alessandro Preziosi

A biopic on the personal and artistic life of Italian songwriter Fabrizio De André.
Dir. Luca Facchini · With Luca Marinelli, Ennio Fantastichini, Valentina Bellè

The story of Giancarlo Siani, a journalist killed by the Neapolitan Mafia in 1985.
Dir. Marco Risi · With Libero De Rienzo, Valentina Lodovini, Michele Riondino
Like every August, journalist Sandro, his family and acquaintances vacation on the island of Ventotene. This time, however, they find out the house next door has been rented to a lower middle class family, whose crass nature and values soon clash with their own intellectual and progressive background.
Dir. Paolo Virzì · With Silvio Orlando, Sabrina Ferilli, Ennio Fantastichini
The life of the pope John-Paul II, from his youth as a writer, actor, and athlete in war-torn occupied Poland to his election as Pope at the age of 58.
Dir. Giacomo Battiato · With Piotr Adamczyk, Małgorzata Bela, Ken Duken
Sharing the same psychologist, kleptomaniac Roberto, who writes stories a bit too realistic and scary for kids, and a narcoleptic Beatrice, who documents everything in her life, begin to think that love could be the cure for their problems. But nothing comes easy to either of them, and, just like in one of Roberto's stories, the happy ending really needs to be sought after. Will they find their own?
Dir. Rolando Ravello · With Ambra Angiolini, Edoardo Leo, Paolo Calabresi

This film focuses on contemporary 30- and 40-somethings trying to make sense of their lives in an age in which the old certainties have disappeared. Lorenzo and Davide make their lives together within a circle that includes Antonio and Angelica, married with children; Nerval and her policeman husband.
Dir. Ferzan Özpetek · With Pierfrancesco Favino, Stefano Accorsi, Margherita Buy

Serena Bruno is an architect who studied and got several masters in different countries of the world but she decides to go back to Italy so she can live and work there. She will soon find out that her native country is not as open minded and she will struggle to find a job that she truly loves and is passionate about. Along the way she will meet Francesco a gay man who will help and support her throughout her journey.
Dir. Riccardo Milani · With Paola Cortellesi, Raoul Bova, Corrado Fortuna
Two women -- a restaurateur and an architect -- have a seemingly idyllic romantic relationship, until the latter encounters a man she had a fling with.
Dir. Maria Sole Tognazzi · With Margherita Buy, Sabrina Ferilli, Alessia Barela
Two temp workers, a pensioner and an old bully discover the sport of curling by chance and, convinced of their potential, plan to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Dir. Claudio Amendola · With Edoardo Leo, Ricky Memphis, Ennio Fantastichini
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