Donato Placido

Acting

Donato Placido

Born 1945-09-05

Acting credits

Caligula poster
6.0

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.

Caligula

1979

Marx Can Wait poster
7.2

"Marx can wait" was something Camillo Bellocchio said to his twin Marco the last time they met before the former died at a young age in the heated days of 1968. This documentary is dedicated to his memory.

Marx Can Wait

2021

Romanzo Criminale poster
7.2

After serving prison time for a juvenile offense, Freddo gathers his old buddies Libano and Dandi and embarks on a crime spree that makes the trio the most powerful gangsters in Rome. Libano loves their new status, and seeks to spread their influence throughout the underworld, while the other two pursue more fleshly desires. For decades, their gang perpetrates extravagant crimes, until paranoia threatens to split the friends apart.

Romanzo Criminale

2005

L'attentatuni poster
6.3

The investigations of the Italian Police antimafia Branch searching the murderers of judge Giovanni Falcone.

L'attentatuni

2001

7 Minutes poster
7.0

Women in a failing silk factory, fight to find a way to keep their jobs.

7 Minutes

2016

Wherever You Are poster
4.8

A doctor's life takes a mysterious turn when his ambulance plunges into a river.

Wherever You Are

2004

Pasolini poster
5.7

We are with Pasolini during the last hours of his life, as he talks with his beloved family and friends, writes, gives a brutally honest interview, shares a meal with Ninetto Davoli, and cruises for the roughest rough trade in his gun-metal gray Alfa Romeo. Over the course of the action, Pasolini’s life and his art are constantly refracted and intermingled to the point where they become one.

Pasolini

2014

I'm Not a Killer poster
6.0

One livid dawn, a cold and damp wind blows as a man walks alone through the darkness. Deputy Police Superintendent Francesco Prencipe is on his way to meet his best friend, Judge Giovanni Mastropaolo whom he hasn't seen for almost two years. The men drive for two hours and exchange but a few words. Later that morning, the Judge is found dead, a single gunshot wound to his head. Francesco is the last person who saw him and his fingerprints are the only ones found in the house. But is he the murderer?

I'm Not a Killer

2019

Before the Sunset poster
10.0

A young Moroccan immigrant, living in southern Italy, escapes from his forthcoming wedding to the daughter of a local Mafia member to a hotel where he remains in hiding with his true love.

Before the Sunset

1999

The Big Dream poster
5.5

Italy, 1968. Aspiring actor Nicola enrolls in the police to pay for his studies, ending up undercover among college students protesting the government, the Vietnam War and the values of their parents' generation. However, he complicates his mission by falling for Laura, a bourgeois girl dreaming of a better world.

The Big Dream

2009

Three Wives poster
5.5

After being abandoned on New Year's Eve and discovering that their husbands have committed a robbery, three very different women choose to go to Argentina in search of their spouses.

Three Wives

2001

My Mother's Smile poster
7.1

A celebrated painter receives a visit from a cardinal's assistant, who informs him that his mother could become a saint.

My Mother's Smile

2002

Poliziotti poster
5.5

When young cop Andrea is assigned to keep watch over dangerous Godfather Sante, who's in hospital after a fake suicide attempt, the stage is set for disaster.

Poliziotti

1995

The Early Bird Catches the Worm poster
5.9

Marco Baldini is a young man determined to become the voice of a major radio; he alternates between his job at Radio Deejay and his gambling addiction, that slowly consumes his life, his relationship with his girlfriend and his work skills.

The Early Bird Catches the Worm

2008

Déi poster
4.9

The story of a young student in the South of Italy, his trip during the night, by feet, from the native village to the City, a long coming-to-age itinerary that will lead him to discover his familiy's secret story and free him from fears.

Déi

2018

Gli occhi dell'amore poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Gli occhi dell'amore

2005

The Sandman poster
2.0

A young student, haunted by the memory of a mysterious figure called Coppelius who killed his father, starts to slowly lose his mind when he encounters an emotionless woman that is actually an automata, as well as a weird salesman who actually could be the man responsible for his father's death.

The Sandman

1981

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