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Giulia Calenda has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by There's Still Tomorrow.
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In postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter arrives, she discovers the courage to change the circumstances of her life.
Dir. Paola Cortellesi · With Paola Cortellesi, Valerio Mastandrea, Romana Maggiora Vergano

In late 1940s Italy, a mother makes the difficult decision to send her son to the north, where he catches glimpses of a new life away from poverty.
Dir. Cristina Comencini · With Barbara Ronchi, Serena Rossi, Christian Cervone
Gianni is a serial seducer but his life is destined to change when he meets Chiara, a beautiful woman who has had an accident and is paraplegic.
Dir. Riccardo Milani · With Pierfrancesco Favino, Miriam Leone, Vanessa Scalera
Carlo is a doctor that has recently lost his wife. Affected by the loss, he is supported by his family and friends, and, above all, for the love he feels towards his little daughter. And then, one day, he meets Camille.
Dir. Luca Lucini · With Luca Argentero, Diane Fleri, Fabio Troiano
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

Paola, a modern woman used to the hardships of modern life, takes her chance to make things right for herself.
Dir. Riccardo Milani · With Paola Cortellesi, Stefano Fresi, Vinicio Marchioni

The story of an encounter between a bourgeois man and a poor woman, because their teenage children fall in love.
Dir. Riccardo Milani · With Paola Cortellesi, Antonio Albanese, Sonia Bergamasco
In autumn 1943, in Gross-Partsch, 26-year-old Rosa, who had come from Berlin to stay with the parents of her husband Gregor, who was fighting on the Russian front, was taken by the SS to a mysterious place. Forced to taste a dish, she joins the group of tasters responsible for checking that the food destined for Hitler is not poisoned.
Dir. Silvio Soldini · With Elisa Schlott, Max Riemelt, Alma Hasun

Three years after her relationship with Giovanni, Monica is in prison and has to ask his ex for help.
Dir. Riccardo Milani · With Paola Cortellesi, Antonio Albanese, Sonia Bergamasco
To avoid jail, a tax-dodging businessman is sentenced to a year of community service in a homeless shelter.
Dir. Daniele Luchetti · With Marco Giallini, Elio Germano, Eleonora Danco
A divorced couple fights for the custody of their three children: neither of them wants it. Mom wants to leave them to dad, and vice versa.
Dir. Riccardo Milani · With Paola Cortellesi, Antonio Albanese, Carlo Buccirosso
Lucia and Maria are two best friends, who have known each other from the beginning of their life, but have very different tastes and behaviors. Lucia is done with men, Maria, on the contrary, cannot be without one. One night, the perfect man shows up in Maria's bed: handsome, sensible, mature and passionate.The next morning brings up misunderstandings and lies which make the two friends split up and take a break for themselves. Maybe that young man met by chance is really the one every woman is looking for, because with his simple theories he manages to paint the perfect picture of the two women's lives.
Dir. Cristina Comencini · With Paola Cortellesi, Micaela Ramazzotti, Eduardo Valdarnini
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