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Luisa Ranieri has 19 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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In 1980s Naples, an awkward teen struggling to find his place experiences heartbreak and liberation after he's inadvertently saved from a freak accident by football legend Diego Maradona.
Dir. Paolo Sorrentino · With Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo

An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.
Dir. Gary Winick · With Amanda Seyfried, Christopher Egan, Gael García Bernal

In 1970s Rome, a filmmaker gathers actresses for a new project, which triggers memories of his past working in a Roman costume shop, run by Alberta and Gabriella, navigating personal and professional challenges while creating costumes for a major film.
Dir. Ferzan Özpetek · With Luisa Ranieri, Jasmine Trinca, Elena Sofia Ricci

In 1970s Rome, a casual encounter between Enea and Pietro at a movie theater turns into an unforgettable romance — until destiny pulls them apart.
Dir. Ferzan Özpetek · With Damiano Gavino, Andrea Di Luigi, Luisa Ranieri

In a Naples suspended between magic and superstition, madness and rationality, a mystery envelops the existence of Adriana, overwhelmed by a sudden love and a violent crime.
Dir. Ferzan Özpetek · With Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessandro Borghi, Anna Bonaiuto

Parthenope, born in the sea near Naples in 1950, is beautiful, enigmatic, and intelligent. She is shamelessly courted by many. However, beauty comes at a cost.
Dir. Paolo Sorrentino · With Celeste Dalla Porta, Stefania Sandrelli, Gary Oldman
Six high school friends in their 40s who haven't seen each other in nearly 20 years rekindle their younger selves after a court cancels their diploma, forcing them to repeat the final high school exam.
Dir. Paolo Genovese · With Raoul Bova, Barbora Bobuľová, Ambra Angiolini

Elena and Antonio seem not to be made for each other. They are too different in terms of character, life choices, worldview, and the way they relate to others. They are total opposites. However, they are overwhelmed by a mutual attraction they're trying hard to avoid; but to which they succumb to.
Dir. Ferzan Özpetek · With Kasia Smutniak, Francesco Arca, Filippo Scicchitano
Seven thirty-something friends organise a post-grad trip they were never able to take after school. They find new adventures on a Greek island, and show that true maturity is never really achieved.
Dir. Paolo Genovese · With Raoul Bova, Barbora Bobuľová, Ambra Angiolini
A policeman who spies on the lives of others, an important banker married to a housewife who poses as a noblewoman. A precarious young masseuse and an electrician madly in love. Very different lives that end up intertwining. But also extremely complicated and troubled lives ... Even if, after all, life is a wonderful thing ...
Dir. Carlo Vanzina · With Gigi Proietti, Vincenzo Salemme, Nancy Brilli
Intertwined stories of 50somethings that won't give up on their glory days.
Dir. Fausto Brizzi · With Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Sabrina Ferilli, Stefano Fresi
When the family patriarch is murdered, seven women find themselves trapped together in his mansion to solve the mystery.
Dir. Alessandro Genovesi · With Margherita Buy, Diana Del Bufalo, Sabrina Impacciatore
After his father's death, elementary school teacher Leopoldo discovers he has to share the inheritance with a half-brother he didn't know existed: hustler and small-time crook Melchiorre, currently in jail.
Dir. Leonardo Pieraccioni · With Leonardo Pieraccioni, Massimo Ceccherini, Luisa Ranieri
Isabelle, HR of a large cruise company, made the mistake of choosing her boss as a lover. Before embarking on the maiden voyage of the new flagship of the fleet, though, he decided to disembark from their relationship! Some women take their revenge by poison, firearm, or slander. Isabelle chooses Remy a flamboyant, unemployed ne'er-do-well who flunked out in life on land, but after all is said and done, might have better luck at sea... She recruits him as leader of her plot and on this Palace of the Seas, Remy will first prove to be the worst nightmare of the CEO and Richard, the Cruise Director...then, little by little, he will change his life and that of all those who cross his path...
Dir. Eric Lavaine · With Franck Dubosc, Valérie Lemercier, Gérard Darmon
Dir. Neri Parenti · With Christian De Sica, Lillo Petrolo, Claudio Gregori
Thomas Gardesse, a traveling alarm systems salesman, is arrested for a minor offense and sentenced to six months imprisonment. To win the respect of his fellow inmates, he claims he is "The Marquis," a brilliant robber whose identity has remained a mystery. Two weeks before his release, an armed robber named Quentin Tasseau helps him escape and takes him to Manila so he can take part in a robbery whose mastermind requires the talents of the Marquis.
Dir. Dominique Farrugia · With Franck Dubosc, Richard Berry, Jean-Hugues Anglade
A three-part anthology about love and sexuality: a menage-a-trois between a couple and a young woman on the coast of Tuscany; an advertising executive under enormous pressure at work, who, during visits to his psychiatrist, is pulled to delve into the possible reasons why his stress seems to manifest itself in a recurring erotic dream; a story of unrequited love about a beautiful, 1960s high-end call girl in an impossible affair with her young tailor.
Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni, Steven Soderbergh, Wong Kar-Wai · With Gong Li, Chang Chen, Tien Feng
Bologna, 1954. Taddeo, a young man of 18 whom everyone calls Kid, dreams of becoming one of the regulars of the mythical Margherita Café, located under the portico across from his family's home. Through a ploy, he manages to get work as the chauffeur for Al, the neighborhood's most glamorous and mysterious resident. Having been taken under Al's wing, Taddeo gets to witness the adventures of Bep, who is in love with Marcella the entraineuse; the trials and tribulations of Gian, an aspiring singer and the victim of a horrible practical joke; the crazy behavior of Manuelo, a small-time robber with a sex phobia; the meanness of Zanchi, inventor of the elastic necktie; and the bizarre manias of Sarti, a ballroom dancing champion who wears his tux day and night. And Taddeo's home life is no less out of the ordinary, considering his mother is being led on by the family physician while his grandfather has fallen head over heels for a well-built piano teacher.
Dir. Pupi Avati · With Diego Abatantuono, Pierpaolo Zizzi, Neri Marcorè
A married man with two children, faithful and in love with his wife, discovers that his wife would like to spice up the menage a little. He plays along and starts texting her as if he were his lover.
Dir. Vincenzo Salemme · With Vincenzo Salemme, Giorgio Panariello, Luisa Ranieri
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