Gabriele Salvatores

Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers in a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack. The village of the island seems abandoned and there isn't a single enemy in sight, so the soldiers begin to relax a little. Things change when their ship is hit and destroyed by the enemy, and the soldiers find themselves abandoned there.

Dir. Gabriele Salvatores · With Diego Abatantuono, Claudio Bigagli, Giuseppe Cederna

After learning that an old friend of theirs has been arrested in Morocco on drug charges, four former college buddies set out for Marrakech to bail him out.

Dir. Gabriele Salvatores · With Diego Abatantuono, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Cristina Marsillach

In a tiny community enclosed by wheat fields, the adults shelter indoors, while six children venture out on their bikes across the scorched, deserted countryside. Exploring a dilapidated and uninhabited farmhouse, nine-year-old Michele discovers a secret so momentous, so terrible, that he dares not tell anyone about it...

Dir. Gabriele Salvatores · With Giuseppe Cristiano, Dino Abbrescia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

In the immediate post-war period, amidst the rubble of a poverty-ridden Naples, two kids, Carmine and Celestina, try to survive as best they can by helping each other out. One night, they secretly board a ship bound for New York to reach Celestina’s sister, who emigrated to America several years earlier. The two children join the many Italian emigrants seeking a new life in America and arrive in an unknown metropolis, which, after several misadventures, they will learn to call home.

Dir. Gabriele Salvatores · With Pierfrancesco Favino, Dea Lanzaro, Antonio Guerra

Jimi, a computer game designer, finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the game, Solo. Tormented by the memory of his fled girlfriend Lisa and begged by Solo to end its useless "life", Jimi begins a search for people who can help him both to discover what happened to Lisa and to delete his game before it is released.

Dir. Gabriele Salvatores · With Christopher Lambert, Diego Abatantuono, Sergio Rubini

Targeted by a dirty cop after witnessing a murder, bank clerk Mario flees to Puerto Escondido, Mexico, where a couple of oddball Italian expats drags him into a journey of self-discovery and bad decisions.

Dir. Gabriele Salvatores · With Diego Abatantuono, Valeria Golino, Claudio Bisio

A blocked screenwriter, Ezio, is trying to finish a story about two off-kilter families thrown together when their teenage children announce they’re getting married. So Ezio writes himself into the story with a romantic part—a development his characters welcome, as they’ve got some ideas of their own for bigger and better roles.

Dir. Gabriele Salvatores · With Fabio De Luigi, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Margherita Buy

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against this backdrop two best friends, Kolyma and Gagarin, gradually become fierce enemies as they find themselves on opposite sides of the strict code of honour of the ‘honest criminal’ brotherhood.

Dir. Gabriele Salvatores · With John Malkovich, Arnas Fedaravičius, Vilius Tumalavicius

Three years later Michele (The Invisible boy) meets his mother and his twin sister. Both have stories and superpowers but their intentions may not be what Michele thinks.

Dir. Gabriele Salvatores · With Ludovico Girardello, Kseniya Rappoport, Galatea Bellugi

Michele is thirteen year old, shy, unpopular at school, and in love with Stella. After wearing a costume for a Halloween party, he finds out that he's invisible.

Dir. Gabriele Salvatores · With Ludovico Girardello, Valeria Golino, Fabrizio Bentivoglio

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.

Dir. Gabriele Salvatores · With Claudio Santamaria, Valeria Golino, Diego Abatantuono

Leo Bernardi is a successful and acclaimed Italian director. He’s approaching the end of his career but he cannot accept his slow decline. He has just finished shooting his last movie and he’s deeply sad. The movie is inspired by the novel about Casanova written by Arthur Schnitzler, a character so similar to the director, even more than he could imagine. Schnitzler’s Casanova is aged, glory days are over: he lost his charm and his attraction to women, he’s broke and no more eager to travel through Europe. After a long exile, he just wants to go back to Venice, his homeland. While traveling home Casanova meets a girl, Marcolina. She reawakens his desire, lost for years. So, he tries to seduce her but that leads him to a tragic understanding: he’s an old man now. It’s not by chance that Leo Bernardi decided to tell this story right now, in a pivotal moment of his life and career. The destiny of both Casanova and his director leads them to a final confrontation.

Dir. Gabriele Salvatores · With Toni Servillo, Sara Serraiocco, Fabrizio Bentivoglio

An 11-year-old boy and his neo-Nazi dad struggle with being outcasts in their suburban town.

Dir. Gabriele Salvatores · With Filippo Timi, Elio Germano, Alvaro Caleca