Paolo Virzì

Paolo Virzì

1964-03-04 Livorno, Tuscany, Italy 52 Credits

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Paolo Virzì is an Italian film director and screenwriter.

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Cinque secondi

2025

Director, Writer

Directing Writing
Like There Is No Tomorrow

Like There Is No Tomorrow

2025

Producer

7.8
Producing
Another Summer Holiday

Another Summer Holiday

2024

Screenplay, Director, Story

6.0
Writing Directing

Altiero Molino is a twenty-six-year-old digital entrepreneur who’s returning to Ventotene with his model husband in order to gather his old friends to...

Quel maledetto film su Virzì

Quel maledetto film su Virzì

2023

as Sè stesso

6.0
Acting
Un'altra Italia era possibile - Il cinema di Giuseppe De Santis

Un'altra Italia era possibile - Il cinema di Giuseppe De Santis

2023

as Self

Acting

The documentary aims to tell the story of a director who managed to capture the attention of the whole world and, due to his political and aesthetic c...

Dry

Dry

2022

Story, Screenplay, Director

6.4
Writing Directing

In Rome it hasn’t rained for three years and the lack of water is overturning rules and habits. Through the city dying of thirst and prohibitions move...

La dannazione della sinistra - Cronache di una scissione

La dannazione della sinistra - Cronache di una scissione

2021

as Self

Acting
Maverick Modigliani

Maverick Modigliani

2020

as Self - Interviewee

7.4
Acting

Born in Livorno, Tuscany, artist Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) lived a short, tormented life, narrated here from an original point of view, that of hi...

Tolo Tolo

Tolo Tolo

2020

Screenplay, Story

6.1
Writing

Checco is a young Apulian entrepreneur dreamer who has opened a sushi restaurant in his Apulia. However, after one month, the restaurant went bankrupt...

Vivere

Vivere

2019

Screenplay

5.5
Writing

In a respectable suburb made up of row houses, Luca Attorre — a freelance journalist who struggles to get his features published in the papers — is un...

Magical Nights

Magical Nights

2018

Story, Director, Screenplay

6.1
Writing Directing

Rome, 1990. The night Italy's national football team is eliminated from the World Cup by Argentina on penalty kicks, a well-known film producer is fou...

The Leisure Seeker

The Leisure Seeker

2018

Director, Screenplay

7.1
Directing Writing

A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey from Boston to Key West, recapturing their passion for life and their love for each other on a road tr...

Like Crazy

Like Crazy

2016

Story, Director, Screenplay

7.4
Writing Directing

Two mental patients with opposite personalities ditch their Tuscan hospital and embark on an unpredictable exploration of the real world.

An Italian Name

An Italian Name

2015

Associate Producer

6.3
Producing

Paolo is an outgoing and handsome real estate broker married to Simona, a beautiful woman from the rough outskirts of Rome who has become an author of...

Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori

Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori

2014

as Self

Acting
C'era una volta il prossimamente

C'era una volta il prossimamente

2014

as Self

Acting

A passionate cavalcade through decades of "coming attractions"

Human Capital

Human Capital

2013

Screenplay, Director

7.5
Writing Directing

The destinies of two families are irrevocably tied together after a cyclist is hit off the road by a jeep in the night before Christmas Eve.

Furio Scarpelli - Il racconto prima di tutto

Furio Scarpelli - Il racconto prima di tutto

2012

as Sé stesso

Acting
Every Blessed Day

Every Blessed Day

2012

Director, Screenplay

6.8
Directing Writing

Guido and Antonia are a young couple with opposed characters and backgrounds. He works a night job as a doorman, while she works all day in a car rent...

I più grandi di tutti

I più grandi di tutti

2012

Producer

5.6
Producing
Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane

Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane

2011

as Self

Acting
Voi siete qui

Voi siete qui

2011

as Self

Acting
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

2010

as Self

6.2
Acting
The First Beautiful Thing

The First Beautiful Thing

2010

Director, Screenplay, Story

7.3
Directing Writing

The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful A...

What Do You Know About Me

What Do You Know About Me

2009

as Self

7.0
Acting

Until the 1970s, Italian cinema dominated the international scene, even competing with Hollywood. Then, in just a few years, came its rapid decline, t...

L'uomo che aveva picchiato la testa

L'uomo che aveva picchiato la testa

2009

as Self

5.7
Acting

Both from the same neighborhood of Livorno, filmmaker Paolo Virzì interviews singer-songwriter Roberto 'Bobo' Rondelli about his art.

L'uomo che aveva picchiato la testa

L'uomo che aveva picchiato la testa

2009

Director, Producer

5.7
Directing Producing

Both from the same neighborhood of Livorno, filmmaker Paolo Virzì interviews singer-songwriter Roberto 'Bobo' Rondelli about his art.

A Matter of Heart

A Matter of Heart

2009

as se stesso

6.0
Acting

Garage owner Angelo and big-time film producer Alberto find themselves occupying neighbouring beds in a Rome hospital after suffering heart attacks. A...

A Whole Life Ahead

A Whole Life Ahead

2008

Director, Producer, Story

6.6
Directing Producing Writing

25-year-old philosophy major Marta faces the ugly truth for many young Italians — a complete lack of career opportunities. While babysitting for singl...

Napoleon and Me

Napoleon and Me

2006

Director, Screenplay, Story

6.1
Directing Writing

Elba island, 1814. Martino is a young teacher, idealist and strongly anti Napoleon, in love with the beautiful and noble Baroness Emily. The young man...

L'estate del mio primo bacio

L'estate del mio primo bacio

2006

Screenplay

4.5
Writing
4-4-2 - Il gioco più bello del mondo

4-4-2 - Il gioco più bello del mondo

2006

Producer, Screenplay, Story

5.4
Producing Writing

Four stories about football.

The Caiman

The Caiman

2006

as dirigente Maoista in "Cataratte"

6.7
Acting

Bruno Bonomo was a famous producer of B-movies in the ‘70s. After a long hiatus, Bonomo offers a screenplay to RAI centered on the figure of Italy’s p...

I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto

I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto

2004

as Self

Acting

Various generations of filmmakers talk about what cinema means for them.

Giovani talenti italiani

2004

Director

Directing
Caterina in the Big City

Caterina in the Big City

2003

Director, Story, Screenplay

6.5
Directing Writing

When her social-climbing father is relocated from small-town North to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls to his old school, finding herself...

Nemmeno in un sogno

Nemmeno in un sogno

2002

Story

6.0
Writing

A shepherd from the mountains of a remote Asian region travels to Southern Italy, in love with what he saw on Italian television. There, he accidental...

My Name Is Tanino

My Name Is Tanino

2002

Director, Screenplay, Story

6.3
Directing Writing

During a sunny Sicilian summer Tanino has a sweet and tender story with Sally, a young American tourist. But when summer is over, Sally flies back to ...

La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli

La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli

2001

Director

Directing

Documentary about Italian screenwriting legends Agenore 'Age' Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli.

Provino d'ammissione

1999

Director, Writer

Directing Writing
Kisses and Hugs

Kisses and Hugs

1999

Director, Screenplay, Story

6.2
Directing Writing

A bankrupt restaurateur on the brink of suicide is suddenly treated with deference and kindness by a bizarre group of strangers — who welcome him in t...

Ovosodo

Ovosodo

1997

Story, Screenplay, Director

7.2
Writing Directing

From childhood to fatherhood, Piero learns things the hard way while growing up in a working-class neighborhood of Livorno.

The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth

The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth

1997

as Self

Acting
Cuba libre - Velocipedi ai tropici

Cuba libre - Velocipedi ai tropici

1997

Screenplay

Writing

A group of Italian people go to Cuba, for various different reasons. One of them would like to remake Vittorio De Sica's The Bicycle Thief. But it won...

Intolerance

Intolerance

1996

Director

Directing

A collective cinematic project to promote tolerance and the value of diversity.

August Vacation

August Vacation

1996

Director, Story, Screenplay

6.8
Directing Writing

Like every August, journalist Sandro, his family and acquaintances vacation on the island of Ventotene. This time, however, they find out the house ne...

Living It Up

Living It Up

1994

Writer, Director

6.5
Writing Directing

A recently laid off steel mill worker in a little seaside town starts losing his wife to a local TV anchor.

Una questione privata

1993

Teleplay

Centro storico

Centro storico

1992

Story

Writing
Condominio

Condominio

1991

Story

5.2
Writing
Turné

Turné

1990

Story

6.9
Writing

Two stage actors leave on a tournée, but there's a matter to be settled: one has become the lover of the other's girlfriend and since they are very go...

Time to Kill

Time to Kill

1989

Screenplay

5.2
Writing

During the invasion of Ethiopia in 1936, a wounded Italian soldier ends up stranded in the desert after a truck wreck. He makes his way to the nearest...