Giuseppe Tornatore

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.

Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore · With Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Marco Leonardi

Musician Max Tooney goes to sell his prized Conn trumpet to a music shop, where he plays the instrument one last time. The shopkeeper recognises the song as one on a record matrix he found and asks who the piece is by. Tooney tells the story of an infant found abandoned in the first class dining room of the four-stacker ocean-liner SS Virginian on 1 January 1900. Danny Boodman, a coal-man from the boiler room, names the boy Danny Boodman T. D. Lemon 1900, after himself, the fruit crate the boy was found in, and the year, and raises him as his own.

Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore · With Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mélanie Thierry

Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he is engulfed by a passion which will rock his bland existence to the core.

Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore · With Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks

A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hundred unforgettable scores.

Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore · With Ennio Morricone, Silvano Agosti, Alessandro Alessandroni

12-year-old Renato experiences three significant events on the same day: the beginning of the Second World War, getting a bike, and witnessing the arrival of the gorgeous Malèna. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose husband is presumed dead, and, through his soul, we see his love for her.

Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore · With Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico

A Ukrainian woman named Irena calculatedly insinuates herself into the lives of a young, affluent Italian family. Stopping at nothing to become the couple's trusted maid and the beloved nanny to their fragile young daughter, Irena risks everything in her quest to uncover the truth about the family.

Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore · With Kseniya Rappoport, Michele Placido, Claudia Gerini

Famous writer Onoff is now a recluse. The Inspector is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the station one night, disoriented and suffering a kind of amnesia. In an isolated, rural police station, the Inspector tries to establish the events surrounding a killing, to reach a startling resolution.

Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore · With Gérard Depardieu, Roman Polanski, Sergio Rubini

In 1920s Bagheria, Giuseppe 'Peppino' Torrenuova works as a shepherd to financially help his poor family. Over the next fifty years, Giuseppe's life, as well as the life of the village, is observed. Giuseppe grows up, joins the Communist Party, marries a local girl, has children, and forges a political career for himself.

Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore · With Francesco Scianna, Margareth Madè, Lina Sastri

Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined.

Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore · With Marcello Mastroianni, Valéria Cavalli, Michèle Morgan

Young Franco is imprisoned for murder and rises to become the feared and powerful 'Professor', taking control of Naples' underworld from behind bars.

Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore · With Ben Gazzara, Laura del Sol, Leo Gullotta

In 1950s Sicily, con artist Joe Moretti does screen tests for the big studios, accepting money or favours for his efforts. A young illiterate novitiate named Beata desperately wants to change her life and falls for him; belatedly, he realizes his feelings for her. However, their love affair is doomed when he's arrested.

Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore · With Sergio Castellitto, Tiziana Lodato, Franco Scaldati

The relationship between Ed, a married astronomer and Amy, his lover, who spend their years apart, is based only on phone calls and texts. One day Amy begins noticing something strange in Ed's messages.

Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore · With Jeremy Irons, Olga Kurylenko, Simon Johns