Tano Cimarosa

Famous writer Onoff is now a recluse. The Inspector is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the station one night, disoriented and suffering a kind of amnesia. In an isolated, rural police station, the Inspector tries to establish the events surrounding a killing, to reach a startling resolution.

Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore · With Gérard Depardieu, Roman Polanski, Sergio Rubini

In Italy, a dying woman tells her granddaughter that she hid her treasure many years ago in Russia, in the city of Leningrad. As more people learn about it, they head to Leningrad to find the lion where it is rumoured to be buried.

Dir. Eldar Ryazanov · With Andrey Mironov, Ninetto Davoli, Antonia Santilli

In 1950s Sicily, con artist Joe Moretti does screen tests for the big studios, accepting money or favours for his efforts. A young illiterate novitiate named Beata desperately wants to change her life and falls for him; belatedly, he realizes his feelings for her. However, their love affair is doomed when he's arrested.

Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore · With Sergio Castellitto, Tiziana Lodato, Franco Scaldati

Set in Sicily, this violent crime drama tells the tale of an Italian cop who heads to a small island town to look into the death of a construction supplier. Once there he is shocked by the influence the Mafia has over the people and even himself.

Dir. Damiano Damiani · With Franco Nero, Claudia Cardinale, Lee J. Cobb