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Lino Guanciale has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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Hoping to secure a better future for their thirteen-year-old sister Chiara, Massimo and Fabrizio, two penniless brothers with no prospects, invent an unusual business. Armed with masks and microcameras, they publicly demolish the identities of various neighborhood crooks, thus transforming themselves into two unlikely paid heroes.
Dir. Vincenzo Alfieri · With Lino Guanciale, Vincenzo Alfieri, Antonella Attili

Set in Italy in the 1970s, VALLANZASCA is the true story of the Italian underworld’s most infamous outlaw. A criminal by age 9, Renato Vallanzasca grew up to become the country’s most notorious mobster before the age of 27. Vallanzasca and his gang wrested control of the Milan underworld with a string of high profile robberies, kidnappings and murders. In the process, he captivated the public and earned the nickname ‘il bel Renè’ – for his devilish charm and handsome face. Arrested multiple times, his daring escapes from prison enraged the government, angered his rivals and fed his legend.
Dir. Michele Placido · With Kim Rossi Stuart, Filippo Timi, Valeria Solarino

In the exact moment they hit rock bottom, four strangers are visited by a mysterious man who gifts them a week to see how the world would be without them.
Dir. Paolo Genovese · With Toni Servillo, Margherita Buy, Valerio Mastandrea

Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
Dir. Bille August · With Sam Claflin, Ana Girardot, Blake Ritson
Dir. Augusto Fornari · With Matilde Gioli, Lino Guanciale, Stefano Fresi
The Manzoni High School in Milan is the worst in Italy. When the percentage of those promoted falls to 12%, it's time for the last resort: to entrust the classes to the worst of the available teachers.
Dir. Ivan Silvestrini · With Claudio Bisio, Lino Guanciale, Maurizio Nichetti