Massimo Ceccherini

Longing for a brighter future, two Senegalese teenagers embark on a journey from West Africa to Italy. However, between their dreams and reality lies a labyrinth of checkpoints, the Sahara Desert, and the vast waters of the Mediterranean.

Dir. Matteo Garrone · With Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Issaka Sawadogo

The everyday life of accountant Levante, his family and the other people of a small town in the Tuscan countryside is taken by storm by the serendipitous arrival of five gorgeous Spanish flamenco dancers.

Dir. Leonardo Pieraccioni · With Leonardo Pieraccioni, Lorena Forteza, Barbara Enrichi

Everyone in Marco's life seems constantly restless, from his brilliant but unhappily married parents to his own wife Marina, or even Luisa, the real love of his life, a girl he met during a fateful summer in the '70s and always stayed in touch with. Tragedy and fate seem to haunt him, yet he somehow manages never to get ensnared in the chaos—like his namesake, “the hummingbird”, he focuses all his energy at standing still.

Dir. Francesca Archibugi · With Pierfrancesco Favino, Kasia Smutniak, Bérénice Bejo

Ottone, a professional dog sitter who's uncertain about most things in life, asks an analyst if he made the right decision love-wise while recounting the significant relationships he had with four women.

Dir. Leonardo Pieraccioni · With Leonardo Pieraccioni, Vanessa Lorenzo, Massimo Ceccherini

Elba island, 1814. Martino is a young teacher, idealist and strongly anti Napoleon, in love with the beautiful and noble Baroness Emily. The young man finds himself serving as librarian to the Great Emperor in exile, whom he deeply hates, yet soon begins recording Napoleon's memoirs, getting to know and learning to value the man behind the myth. Among seductions and affairs, expectations and fears, he will craft a precise portrait that nevertheless will not manage to hide a final, inevitable, disappointment.

Dir. Paolo Virzì · With Daniel Auteuil, Elio Germano, Monica Bellucci

Four thirtysomething college students share a flat in Florence: Leonardo pursues beautiful Letizia, Rocco moonlights as a night watchman, Bruno needs to graduate to inherit his father-in-law's business, and Pino dreams of becoming a stand-up comedian.

Dir. Leonardo Pieraccioni · With Massimo Ceccherini, Rocco Papaleo, Leonardo Pieraccioni

Old woodcarver Geppetto fashions a wooden puppet, Pinocchio, who magically comes to life. Pinocchio longs for adventure and is easily led astray, encountering magical beasts, fantastical spectacles, while making friends and foes along his journey. However, his dream is to become a real boy, which can only come true if he finally changes his ways.

Dir. Matteo Garrone · With Federico Ielapi, Roberto Benigni, Marine Vacth

Middle-aged family man Arnaldo is kicked out by his wife because of a misunderstanding. Instead of despairing, Arnaldo takes advantage of the situation to turn around his unsatisfying adult life by going to live in a flat shared with four university students.

Dir. Leonardo Pieraccioni · With Leonardo Pieraccioni, Serena Autieri, Maurizio Battista

A divorced high school PE teacher falls in love with a single mom before learning that her daughter is the student who's been hitting on him between classes.

Dir. Leonardo Pieraccioni · With Leonardo Pieraccioni, Giorgio Panariello, Marjo Berasategui

Mariano has been married for 10 years with Miranda, a woman way out of his league. Their small-town life is disrupted by womanizing photographer Andrea, who — struck by her good looks — offers Miranda a one-time modelling job. Albeit hesitant, the couple eventually accepts his invitation to the Seychelles...

Dir. Leonardo Pieraccioni · With Leonardo Pieraccioni, Laura Torrisi, Gabriel Garko

A middle-aged man finds out his late mother was sponsoring a Brazilian girl who has now become a beautiful model and tries his best not to fall for her.

Dir. Leonardo Pieraccioni · With Leonardo Pieraccioni, Ariadna Romero, Rocco Papaleo

A street priest struggling to save his church learns his late uncle left him a small business that could turn his fortune around: he'll soon realize that said business is in fact... a brothel!

Dir. Leonardo Pieraccioni · With Leonardo Pieraccioni, Sabrina Ferilli, Marcello Fonte

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

During a séance with some friends, divorced carny Gualtiero successfully conjures the spirit of Marilyn Monroe, who'll help him win his family back.

Dir. Leonardo Pieraccioni · With Leonardo Pieraccioni, Suzie Kennedy, Biagio Izzo

Convict Umberto is allowed to work outside prison during daytime as a librarian. There he falls for a beautiful woman who mistakes him for a volunteer helping the inmates — however, like a modern-day Cinderella, every day he must leave and be back to his cell before midnight... will they manage to live happily ever after?

Dir. Leonardo Pieraccioni · With Leonardo Pieraccioni, Laura Chiatti, Davide Marotta

A chef who yearns for an international reputation helps his son try to win back his ex by arranging to cater her St. Moritz wedding to another man.

Dir. Paolo Costella · With Massimo Boldi, Vincenzo Salemme, Nancy Brilli

Set against the sun-soaked shores of Italy in the summertime, seven different tales unfold about life, love, loss, family, and friendship.

Dir. Carlo Vanzina · With Lino Banfi, Gigi Proietti, Enrico Brignano

A businessman in Italy, who doesn't pay any taxes, and a financier always on the hunt for tax evaders come into contact because their sons share an apartment in Paris.

Dir. Claudio Risi · With Massimo Boldi, Anna Maria Barbera, Biagio Izzo