Bartali (2006)

Director: Alberto Negrin

Based on a true-story, this made-for-television feature follows the career of Italian cycling star Gino Bartali known as the Iron Man. When his brothe... Read more

Our Country (2006)

Director: Francesca Comencini

Starring: Valeria Golino, Luca Zingaretti

Explores the manner in which money dictates the lives of people in Milan at the dawn of the 21st century. Ugo (Luca Zingaretti) is a crooked banker wi... Read more

Manual of Love ( Manuale d'amour) (2005)

Director: Giovanni Veronesi

Starring: Carlo Verdone, Luciana Littizzetto, Silvio Muccino

A box-office smash in Italy, this charming, bittersweet comedy is study of the mysterious nature of love. The ups and downs of relationships are chron... Read more

How Much Do You Love Me? (2005)

Director: Bertrand Blier

Starring: Monica Bellucci, Gerard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Bernard Campan

The voluptuous Monica Bellucci stars as a prostitute hired to play wife to a lonely lotto winner in a role specifically written for her. Bumbling Fran... Read more

Journey in Italy (1954)

Director: Roberto Rossellini

Starring: Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Maria Mauban, Paul Muller

A graceful depiction of an eroding marriage that reaches its crisis as the couple holiday in Southern Italy. Roberto Rossellini directed his then-wif... Read more

A Few Days in September (2006)

Director: Santiago Amigorena

Starring: Juliette Binoche, John Turturro, Sara Forestier, Tom Riley, Nick Nolte

An international tale of intrigue with more than a hint of satire has Juliette Binoche as a French agent on the trail of a missing CIA operative with... Read more

Brief Encounter (1974)

Director: Alan Bridges

Starring: Sophia Loren, Richard Burton, Rosemary Leach, Anne Firbank, Jack Kelly

This remake of the 1945 British masterpiece stars Sophia Loren as a bored married woman who embarks upon a brief romantic fling with an equally marrie... Read more

Danger: Diabolik (1967)

Director: Mario Bava

Starring: Adolfo Celi, John Phillip Law, Michel Piccoli, Marisa Mell, Terry-Thomas

The suave, psychedelic-era thief, Diabolik, can't get enough of life's good - or glittery - things. Not when there are currency shipments to steal fro... Read more

The Tiger and the Snow (2005)

Director: Roberto Benigni

Starring: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Jean Reno, Tom Waits, Emilia Fox, Giuseppe B...

Roberto Benigni directs and stars in this romantic comedy-drama set at the outbreak of the US invasion of Iraq. Benigni is an Italian poet who meets... Read more

De Sica Collection: Bicycle Thieves / Miracle in Milan / The Roof (1948)

Director: Vittorio De Sica

Starring: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Emma Gramatica, Paolo Stoppa

The father of Italian neorealism, master director Vittorio de Sica won three Best Foreign Language Film Oscars for his compelling portraits of working... Read more