Italian Film Week

To everyone who is tired of the dominance of Hollywood cinema, our today’s film column is dedicated. After all, in it we decided to acquaint our readers with the novelties of the Italian cinematography.

Italian

Comedy melodrama. Born in Italy, Faim lives with his family in the Torpignattare area of ​​Rome and works as a museum security guard. The protagonist’s parents are from Bangladesh, and for Italians he is still a visiting emigrant. Faim is a Muslim. He does not eat pork, attends the mosque, does not drink alcohol and, according to his religion, must abstain from sex until marriage. But hormones take their toll, and Faim looks at the opposite sex with interest. When he falls in love with a young Italian woman, Asia, the situation becomes critical. After all, his parents want Faim to marry a girl of his culture.

Country: Italy
Year: 2019
Duration: 87 minutes
16+

Scam in Italian

Crime drama based on real events. Luigi, 40, is a cashier, preparing for early retirement, and obsessed with opening a beach bar in hot Costa Rica. However, the government is changing in the country and pension reform comes into force. Due to changes in pension legislation, Luigi will now only be able to retire after 20 years. In desperation, a man conceives a robbery of a cash-in-transit vehicle, on which he works …

Year: 2019
Duration: 110 minutes
Country: Italy
16+

Daddy

Modern life comedy. In the center of the plot are three men. They are friends, and each has an adult unmarried daughter. One of them is Arturo’s lawyer. His daughter runs away from her own wedding, for which her father spent an impressive amount. Instead of a groom, she decides to join her life with a mulatto lesbian who does not have a residence permit. The daughter of the second dad – respectable policeman Antonio – is dating a rapper whose lyrics are all about drugs and promiscuous love affairs. To his horror, the third dad – Sergio – finds out that his daughter is dating a mature womanizer who is fond of erotic photography. Friends decide to develop a plan to save their beloved daughters from unsuccessful parties and jointly begin to implement it …

Year: 2021
Duration: 96 minutes
Country: Italy
16+

family knot

Family drama. The action begins in the 1980s in Naples. Aldo and Wanda are a married couple with two young children. One day, after putting the children to bed, Aldo confesses to Wanda that he is cheating on her. Wanda reacts very sharply to this news and even tries to commit suicide. With her violent reaction, Wanda pushes her husband away from her even more, and he moves to Rome. However, the desire to see his children does not give him the opportunity to cut the family knot. As a result, this sows discord in his passionate relationship with his mistress, and he returns to Naples. But what will Aldo and Wanda’s family life turn into now, and how will this affect the lives of their children?

Year: 2020
Duration: 100 minutes
Country: Italy
16+

Guests in the villa

Dramatic thriller. The action takes place in northern Italy in a small town where everyone knows everything about each other. A wealthy family lives here in a luxurious villa. Actually, she is wealthy thanks to the capital of her wife, on whose shoulders the upbringing of children also fell. Her husband, George, is not distinguished by either special gratitude or fidelity, and is often not at home. One day, during his regular absence, someone breaks into the villa. A frightened wife shoots a stranger with a weapon that is illegally stored in the house. It soon turns out that the stranger is the unarmed son of a housekeeper from Romania. The guy is about to die, and the family attracts all connections in order to keep his reputation unsullied in this unpleasant situation.

Year: 2020
Duration: 88 minutes
Country: Italy
16+

Best years

Romantic drama. This story begins in the 80s of the last century, when its heroes, four friends – Gemma, Giulio, Paolo and Ricardo – are high school students. Gemma is a kind of spectacular blonde "femme fatale", and Paolo is in love with her. They are all young and full of hope for the future. But time passes, the characters grow up, change, their destinies develop in different ways. Gemma leaves for Naples after her mother’s death. Paolo aspires to a career as a literature teacher, Ricardo tries to be an author himself, Giulio becomes a successful lawyer. Will they be able to carry their friendship through the decades?

Year: 2020
Duration: 135 minutes
Country: Italy
16+

"Visione piacevole!" – as the Italians say, which means "pleasant viewing!"