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Valia Santella has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Traitor.
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Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to Italy, he makes a bold decision that will change his life and the destiny of Cosa Nostra forever.
Dir. Marco Bellocchio · With Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane

An old film director, unhappy with the movie he's shooting about a Hungarian circus stranded in Rome during the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising, faces divorce from his producer wife and other problems.
Dir. Nanni Moretti · With Nanni Moretti, Margherita Buy, Silvio Orlando
A prison drama where an old mobster and a prison guard must find a way to coexist so that imprisonment can become less so, and perhaps reveal the paradox that is behind the very concept of captivity.
Dir. Leonardo Di Costanzo · With Toni Servillo, Silvio Orlando, Fabrizio Ferracane

In a Naples suspended between magic and superstition, madness and rationality, a mystery envelops the existence of Adriana, overwhelmed by a sudden love and a violent crime.
Dir. Ferzan Özpetek · With Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessandro Borghi, Anna Bonaiuto

Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.
Dir. Nanni Moretti · With Margherita Buy, Nanni Moretti, John Turturro
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
Matteo is a young successful businessman, audacious, charming and energetic. Ettore instead, is a calm, righteous, second grade teacher always living in the shadows, still in the small town from where both come from. They’re brothers but with two very different personalities. A dramatic event will force them to live together in Rome for a few months, bringing up the opportunity to face their differences with sympathy and tenderness, in a climax of fear and euphoria.
Dir. Valeria Golino · With Riccardo Scamarcio, Valerio Mastandrea, Isabella Ferrari
Follows the lives of three families who live in a three-story building in a Roman neighbourhood.
Dir. Nanni Moretti · With Margherita Buy, Riccardo Scamarcio, Alba Rohrwacher
Orhan who lived in London for years and did not come back to Turkey agrees to help Deniz -a famous director- edit his first book. Deniz has been living in a mansion with his family which started to lose its old brightness and power. Orhan finds himself in the middle of Deniz's complicated relationships, mysterious friends and stange family members. This is the first movie of Ferzan Ozpetek which is shot in Turkey after a long time. It is also based on his own book which has the same name with the movie.
Dir. Ferzan Özpetek · With Halit Ergenç, Tuba Büyüküstün, Nejat İşler
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