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Ugo Chiti has 20 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Dogman.
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Marcello, a small and gentle dog groomer, finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello will submit to an unexpected act of vengeance.
Dir. Matteo Garrone · With Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano
During a trip to Sicily in 1920, Luigi Pirandello meets two gravediggers-turned-playwrights rehearsing a play with their amateur dramatics. Pirandello takes an interest in the odd couple, having been suffering from writer's block while working on his eventual masterpiece, Six Characters in Search of an Author.
Dir. Roberto Andò · With Toni Servillo, Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone
Peppino, a diminutive taxidermist with a reputation for sleaziness, meets Valerio, a handsome if artless much younger man fascinated by the trade. Peppino offers him a large salary to be his assistant—the job burgeoning into a budding friendship he mistakes for something more. When Valerio gets a girlfriend, their fledgling romance will be threatened by an insanely jealous third wheel.
Dir. Matteo Garrone · With Ernesto Mahieux, Valerio Foglia Manzillo, Elisabetta Rocchetti
A dark comedy centering on the lives of a Neapolitan based family whose father, a fish merchant, is so infatuated with the reality TV show "Grande Fratello" (the Italian version of "Big Brother") he starts living his life as if he were on it.
Dir. Matteo Garrone · With Aniello Arena, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone
A 40-year-old world-famous chef with anger management issues is assigned to run a cooking class at a centre for young people with autism.
Dir. Francesco Falaschi · With Vinicio Marchioni, Valeria Solarino, Luigi Fedele
Enrico, Fabrizio, and Stefano are three lifelong friends and colleagues who share left-wing political ideals. They run a small production company, juggling commercials and wedding shoots, but hope to return to making social-themed documentaries. One day, they receive a financially attractive offer that seems to meet their expectations. Unfortunately, the deal has unethical implications.
Dir. Davide Rossi, Andrea Mazzarella, Davide Bonacina, Pietro Belfiore, Andrea Fadenti · With Massimiliano Loizzi, Walter Leonardi, Marco Ripoldi
An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have to face every day. They hardly ever have a choice and are forced to obey the rules of the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a normal life.
Dir. Matteo Garrone · With Toni Servillo, Gianfelice Imparato, Maria Nazionale
The life of a working-class boy in Rome through the '70s and '80s, choosing his own path with his friends and family.
Dir. Giovanni Veronesi · With Elio Germano, Ricky Memphis, Alessandra Mastronardi
1860. Giuseppe Garibaldi began from Quarto the adventure of the Thousand surrounded by the enthusiasm of the young idealists who had come from all regions of Italy, and with his loyal group of officers, among whom a new profile stands out. Having landed in Sicily, at Marsala, the Thousand begin fighting with the Bourbon army, whose numerical preponderance is immediately evident. Under these conditions, it appears almost impossible for the general to breach the enemy defense and penetrate Palermo. But when he is almost forced to retreat, Garibaldi devises an ingenious plan.
Dir. Roberto Andò · With Toni Servillo, Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone

In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her.
Dir. Edoardo Ponti · With Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri
The Queen of Selvascura risks everything to be a mother; the King of Roccaforte falls in love with the voice of a mysterious girl; the King of Altomonte becomes obsessed with a flea and neglects his daughter.
Dir. Matteo Garrone · With Salma Hayek Pinault, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones
Two stories of Italians abroad: in Dubai, a truck driver who smuggles Ferraris for a living teaches the tricks of the trade to his young disciple; in Russia, a clumsy dentist experiences the consequences of sex tourism.
Dir. Giovanni Veronesi · With Carlo Verdone, Sergio Castellitto, Riccardo Scamarcio
Now without Aramis, the Musketeers embark on a new mission.
Dir. Giovanni Veronesi · With Pierfrancesco Favino, Valerio Mastandrea, Rocco Papaleo

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Parent-teenage children clashes in 21st century Italy.
Dir. Giovanni Veronesi · With Silvio Orlando, Luciana Littizzetto, Michele Placido

Four intertwined stories on the joys and sorrows of love.
Dir. Giovanni Veronesi · With Carlo Verdone, Silvio Muccino, Luciana Littizzetto
A married man with two children, faithful and in love with his wife, discovers that his wife would like to spice up the menage a little. He plays along and starts texting her as if he were his lover.
Dir. Vincenzo Salemme · With Vincenzo Salemme, Giorgio Panariello, Luisa Ranieri
Paralyzed from a crash, Nicola falls for his physiotherapist Lucia. Franco and Manuela seek fertility treatment in Barcelona. Filippo and Fosco, a gay couple, plan their wedding. Ernesto, a waiter, has an affair with Spanish cook Cecilia.
Dir. Giovanni Veronesi · With Carlo Verdone, Monica Bellucci, Riccardo Scamarcio

In Italy, three men fall in love with three women. First a young engaged lawyer has a fling, then the middle-aged married man has a fling, then a retired man falls in love with his friend's daughter.
Dir. Giovanni Veronesi · With Carlo Verdone, Robert De Niro, Monica Bellucci
Francesco and Claudia are best friends. They're inseparable and tell each other everything, until another man enters the picture stealing Claudia's heart. Francesco then realizes that friendship between man and woman is a complicated thing.
Dir. Giovanni Veronesi · With Fabio De Luigi, Laetitia Casta, Valentina Lodovini
A ne'er-do-well who's married to a millionnaire realizes his financial trouble might be solved if his wife was dead - and sets out a plot to achieve just that. A remake of Dino Risi's "il vedovo".
Dir. Massimo Venier · With Fabio De Luigi, Luciana Littizzetto, Ale
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