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Piera Degli Esposti has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Il Divo.
Brainstorm
2001
Drama
Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous with power for decades. He has survived everything: electoral battles, terrorist massacres, loss of friends, slanderous accusations; but now certain repentant mobsters implicate him in the crimes of Cosa Nostra.
Dir. Paolo Sorrentino · With Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti
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
Gianni is a serial seducer but his life is destined to change when he meets Chiara, a beautiful woman who has had an accident and is paraplegic.
Dir. Riccardo Milani · With Pierfrancesco Favino, Miriam Leone, Vanessa Scalera
Turin, 1969. Nine-year-old Massimo’s idyllic childhood is shattered by the mysterious death of his mother. The young boy refuses to accept this brutal loss, even if the priest says she is now in Heaven. Years later in the 90s, adult Massimo has become an accomplished journalist. After reporting on the war in Sarajevo, he begins to suffer from panic attacks. As he prepares to sell his parents’ apartment, Massimo is forced to relive his traumatic past. Compassionate doctor Elisa could help tormented Massimo open up and confront his childhood wounds…
Dir. Marco Bellocchio · With Valerio Mastandrea, Bérénice Bejo, Guido Caprino
as Lea
Parent-teenage children clashes in 21st century Italy.
Dir. Giovanni Veronesi · With Silvio Orlando, Luciana Littizzetto, Michele Placido
