Known For
Complete Filmography

I Fratelli De Filippo
2021
Story, Screenplay
The story of the De Filippo brothers, children of Eduardo Scarpetta.

Il grande spirito
2019
Story, Screenplay
In a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Taranto, high upon the rooftops framed by the Ilva steel factory, we meet Tonino a.k.a. “Barboncino” (poodle). ...

The Stolen Caravaggio
2018
Screenplay
Valeria, young secretary of a producer, lives with an eccentric mother and secretly writes for a successful screenwriter, Alessandro. One day, she rec...

Pertini: Il combattente
2018

The Confessions
2016
Screenplay
A G8 meeting is being held at a luxury hotel on the German coast. The world's most powerful economists are gathered to enact important provisions that...

Abbraccialo per me
2016
Screenplay

Long Live Freedom
2013
Screenplay, Story
Elections are approaching and things don't look too good for the opposition. Their leader can't stand the pressure and disappears. To avoid a scandal,...

Angel of Evil
2010
Story
Set in Italy in the 1970s, VALLANZASCA is the true story of the Italian underworld’s most infamous outlaw. A criminal by age 9, Renato Vallanzasca gre...

The Big Dream
2009
Screenplay
Italy, 1968. Aspiring actor Nicola enrolls in the police to pay for his studies, ending up undercover among college students protesting the government...

At a Glance
2008
Screenplay, Story
Adrian is a talented young sculptor eager to assert himself in the art world. His first exhibition in the Capital catches Gloria's eye. She's an art s...

Our Land
2006
Screenplay
Luigi Di Santo is a professor of philosophy in Milan who returns to his Apulian hometown to finalize the sale, together with his brothers, of an old f...

Follow the Shadows
2004
Screenplay
The young Carabiniere Gatta is sent to barracks in the Naples area. It's 1946 and the war is still hanging in the air even if the small community does...

Hidden Children
2004
Writer
This is a true story about forty Jewish children on their way to Palestine, who were blocked by the German and Italian occupation of Yugoslavia in 194...

A Woman of the North
1999
Writer
Young Dutch widow Emilie travels to a seaside resort in Italy, where she falls in love with Italian officer Aldo. Meanwhile, her deceased husband's as...

Santo Stefano
1997
Director, Story, Writer

Un eroe borghese
1995
Writer
An intriguing look at a sinister web of power,linking politics and the mafia in modern day Italy.

Prestazione straordinaria
1994
Story, Screenplay
A white-collar worker finds himself in the crosshairs of his attractive female boss.

Sud
1993
Story, Screenplay
During a hot Sunday afternoon in a small Southern Italian town, a school serving as a polling place is occupied by a group of three locals and an Erit...

L'Atlantide
1992
Writer
A mythical land who must be discover. Or invented. In an impressive library, two old men. One is a great Polish archaeologist at the end of his work. ...

Close Friends
1992
Screenplay
Fifteen-year-old Sabrina has lived with her father since he split with her mother. As the film unfolds it gradually becomes clear that Sabrina is a vi...

Il trasloco
1991
as Self
It's moving day for the Via Marsili 19th apartment in Bologna, Italy, a former hotbed of the Movement of 1977. While waiting for the movers to finish ...

The Yes Man
1991
Story
Cesare Botero, an ambitious and corrupt young minister, hires a new spokesman, honest and polite high school professor Luciano Sandulli.

La settimana della sfinge
1990
Screenplay, Story
Crossword-solving waitress Gloria falls for a womanizing TV repairman.

It's Happening Tomorrow
1988
Screenplay, Story
1848, Tuscan countryside. Edo and Lupo are two peasants running away after having robbed their boss. Chased by mercenaries, they'll meet bandits, dams...