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Renato Scarpa has 13 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2010s. 4 rank in the Top 10%, led by The Postman.
All Together
2012
Comedy · Drama
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
Dir. Michael Radford · With Massimo Troisi, Philippe Noiret, Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Gaetano, a young Neapolitan, decides to leave home, work and friends, to look for other moments of life and meet other people.
Dir. Massimo Troisi · With Massimo Troisi, Fiorenza Marchegiani, Lino Troisi
In Naples, Professor Bellavista is a retired man, passionate about the philosophy and thought of Ancient Greece. Every day, in his luxurious apartment, he teaches his lessons of life to the poor-nothing (his friends), who are dazzled by his reasoning. One day, however, the quiet life of the building of Bellavista will be disturbed by the arrival of a director of Milan. Between Naples and Milan there contrast, because the Neapolitans are accustomed to enjoy a quiet life, always based on the "philosophy of pleasure and delay", while the northern Italians are very strict and punctual.
Dir. Luciano De Crescenzo · With Luciano De Crescenzo, Renato Scarpa, Tommaso Bianco
A middle-aged government accountant is determined to secure a stable job for his son before retiring, willing to go to great lengths to achieve his goal.
Dir. Mario Monicelli · With Alberto Sordi, Shelley Winters, Vincenzo Crocitti
Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.
Dir. Fernando Meirelles · With Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Juan Minujín
While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.
Dir. Nicolas Roeg · With Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie, Hilary Mason
Three characters' misadventures in semi-deserted, summertime Rome: a dim-witted mama's boy falls for a tourist; a would-be womanizer struggles to find company for his sex tourism trip to Kraków; a hippie is drawn into his father's schemes to bring him back into polite society.
Dir. Carlo Verdone · With Carlo Verdone, Verónica Miriel, Mario Brega
On July 19–21, 2001, over 200,000 people took to the streets of Genoa to protest against the ongoing G8 summit. Anti-globalization activists clashed with the police, with 23-year-old protester Carlo Giuliani shot dead after confronting a police vehicle. In the aftermath, the police organized a night raid on the Diaz high school, where around a hundred people between unarmed protesters—mostly students—and independent reporters who documented the police brutality during the protests had took shelter. What happened next was called by Amnesty International "the most serious breach of civil liberties in a democratic Western country since World War II."
Dir. Daniele Vicari · With Claudio Santamaria, Jennifer Ulrich, Elio Germano
A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident.
Dir. Nanni Moretti · With Nanni Moretti, Laura Morante, Jasmine Trinca
The newly elected Pope suffers a panic attack just as he is about to greet the faithful who have gathered to see him. His advisors, unable to convince him he is the right man for the job, call on a renowned therapist who also happens to be an atheist. But the Pope's fear of his newfound responsibility is one he must face alone. Winner Best Film at the Italian Golden Globes.
Dir. Nanni Moretti · With Michel Piccoli, Nanni Moretti, Margherita Buy
Inspector Rizzo is accused of drug trafficking. In order to clear his name he has to find out who is the person, from a Mafia ring, who has infiltrated his police department.
Dir. Steno · With Bud Spencer, Al Lettieri, Enzo Cannavale
Outlaw drifter Buddy is mistaken for a doctor after his Indian companion inadvertently steals a bag of surgical instruments.
Dir. Michele Lupo · With Bud Spencer, Joe Bugner, Piero Trombetta
Valeria, young secretary of a producer, lives with an eccentric mother and secretly writes for a successful screenwriter, Alessandro. One day, she receives an unusual present from a stranger: it’s the plot of a movie about the mysterious but really-happened theft of a famous Caravaggio’s painting.
Dir. Roberto Andò · With Micaela Ramazzotti, Renato Carpentieri, Laura Morante
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