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Michela Cescon has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart
2014
Crime · Thriller
A gravity-defying boy raised in seclusion matures into an extraordinary man -- and an international celebrity -- who longs for human connection.
Dir. Marco Bonfanti · With Elio Germano, Michela Cescon, Silvia D'Amico
Elections are approaching and things don't look too good for the opposition. Their leader can't stand the pressure and disappears. To avoid a scandal, the upper echelons of the party concoct a risky plan: to replace him with his identical twin, a philosopher with BPD, whose eclectic ideas and direct approach unexpectedly make the party surge in the polls.
Dir. Roberto Andò · With Toni Servillo, Valerio Mastandrea, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
On December 12, 1969, a bomb kills 17 people at the Piazza Fontana national bank in Milan, Italy, marking the beginning of the Years of Lead. Local anarchists are scapegoated for the massacre by police and the media, but a lone prosecutor uncovers a conspiracy of far-right groups, corrupt secret services, and other interests that seek to undermine democracy.
Dir. Marco Tullio Giordana · With Valerio Mastandrea, Pierfrancesco Favino, Michela Cescon
A gripping and chilling thriller that brings us to a hazy mountain village where an enigmatic detective is investigating the sudden disappearance of fifteen-year-old girl.
Dir. Donato Carrisi · With Toni Servillo, Jean Reno, Alessio Boni
Ferro and Cate, two kids trying to get to grips with an unplanned pregnancy, their families (rebellious Ferro’s hospitable, ‘normal’ family, and level-headed Cate’s unhinged, atypical one), exams at school, friends and a general lack of jobs.
Dir. Roan Johnson · With Blu Yoshimi, Luigi Fedele, Sergio Pierattini
The story of the descent into madness of Mussolini's secret first wife, Ida Dasler, who was seduced by his passion and vigor but blind to the fascist dictator's many flaws.
Dir. Marco Bellocchio · With Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi, Fausto Russo Alesi
Vittorio is looking for a woman who matches his ideal. Through a classified ad he meets Sonia, a sweet, pleasant, intelligent girl. However, she weighs 125 pounds -- which according to Vittorio is way too much. A goldsmith by trade, Vittorio is obsessed with the desire to shape Sonia's body and mind as does a fire with gold. Almost imperceptibly Sonia becomes a passive participant and the relationship grows into a reciprocal masochistic game. When the two lovers isolate themselves in a country house in the Veneto hills, they dangerously lose touch with reality and the rest of the world.
Dir. Matteo Garrone · With Michela Cescon, Vitaliano Trevisan, Roberto Comacchio
The Man Who Cleans knows you can find a lot of secrets in trash. People tend to lie but their trash never does. The Man Who Cleans thought he was invisible, until he met the Girl with the Purple Hair Lock. Girl with the Purple Hair Lock breaks into his tidy life because only an evil angel can save her now. Meanwhile, the Huntress knows somebody is killing blonds out there. Nobody believes her, but she knows. What she doesn't know, though, is that evil is hiding behind the green door. The truth lies at the bottom of a dark, deep abyss.
Dir. Donato Carrisi · With Michela Cescon, Gabriel Montesi, Sara Ciocca
Marco, a shy teenager, learns that he has... what it takes to be a great porn star, but he doesn't know how to tell his parents. Hell breaks loose when a neighbor finds a porn video of him and leaves it in his parents' mailbox.
Dir. Lucio Pellegrini · With Luciana Littizzetto, Rocco Papaleo, Pietro Castellitto
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