Paolo Hendel

Acting

Paolo Hendel

Born 1952-01-02 · Florence, Italy

Acting credits

Let's Hope It's a Girl poster
7.0

A multifaceted exploration of the pointlessness of sexual stereotypes. Liv Ullmann is a countess who, after her divorce, takes over the family farm. Realizing that she can't rely on the patriarchal society structure for assistance, Ullmann runs the farm herself with the help of her female servants and relatives. When the Count (Philipe Noiret) comes back into her life, he and his male buddies find themselves outclassed by the expertise of the ladies.

Let's Hope It's a Girl

1986

I picari poster
5.5

The adventures of a couple of scoundrels in the Spain of the 16th century.

I picari

1987

Dear Goddamned Friends poster
6.8

In 1944 Tuscany, a group of boxers struggling through World War II stages rigged matches to earn money and travel, accompanied by a missing black American soldier and a girl resisting marriage, as they navigate the challenges of their war-torn world.

Dear Goddamned Friends

1994

The Night of the Shooting Stars poster
7.1

The Night of San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. In 1944, a group of Italians flee their town after hearing rumours that the Nazis plan to blow it up and that the Americans are about to arrive to liberate them.

The Night of the Shooting Stars

1982

The Cyclone poster
6.9

The everyday life of accountant Levante, his family and the other people of a small town in the Tuscan countryside is taken by storm by the serendipitous arrival of five gorgeous Spanish flamenco dancers.

The Cyclone

1996

Improvised Christmas poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

Improvised Christmas

2022

Tutti gli uomini del deficiente poster
5.9

Nearing death, videogame genius Leone Stella holds a contest to find an heir: several people named like him will compete in a live-streamed reenactment of his most famous exploits, and the winner will inherit his billion-dollar fortune.

Tutti gli uomini del deficiente

1999

It's Happening Tomorrow poster
6.1

1848, Tuscan countryside. Edo and Lupo are two peasants running away after having robbed their boss. Chased by mercenaries, they'll meet bandits, damsels in distress, eccentric nobles, and revolutionaries along the way.

It's Happening Tomorrow

1988

My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began poster
4.1

Jacopo, Duccio, Cecco, Manfredo and Filippo are five friends who live in Florence of the fifteenth century, during a plague epidemic.

My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began

2011

Siblings poster
7.2

Irene lives in Rome. When her mother ask to, she go back to Rimini, her hometown, to take care of her autistic brother, Omar. She soon discover that Omar knows very well what to expect from the future, but in order to achieve his dreams, he need to be independent, which is why Irene begins a tender crash course to teach him adult life.

Siblings

2025

Love and Fear poster
4.9

Three sisters, played by Fanny Ardant, Greta Scacchi and Valeria Golino, struggle with their illusions, goals and desires in Margarethe von Trotta’s film adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s play.

Love and Fear

1988

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Un weekend artificiale

2026

Improvvisamente a Natale mi sposo poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

Improvvisamente a Natale mi sposo

2023

A Fish in Love poster
5.7

Carpenter Arturo becomes a literary sensation when the children's stories he writes in his spare time get published, but he comes to resent success and the spotlight that comes with it. During a press tour he falls in love with beautiful married woman, Matilde.

A Fish in Love

1999

La settimana della sfinge poster
4.9

Crossword-solving waitress Gloria falls for a womanizing TV repairman.

La settimana della sfinge

1990

Mare di grano poster
5.6

A boy searches for his parents and is joined by some new friends.

Mare di grano

2018

Cavalli si nasce poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Cavalli si nasce

1989

L'universale poster
5.3

This is the story of 3 friends, destined to lose and find each other over and over again. More importantly, this is the (true) story of a film theatre in Florence, The Universale, which was a cultural landmark in the city between the '60s and the '80s. It was a theater of its own kind, bringing together intellectuals, students, as well as the people from San Frediano, a well-known working-class Quartiere. Such unusual mixture among the cinema-goers also produced a sort of creative chaos, which is explored through the eyes of Tommaso, the projectionist's son.

L'universale

2016

Basta poco poster
4.0

Sergio, a forty-year-old with no steady job, has a brilliant idea and decides to open an agency that sells happiness and fights depression. With his friend Fulvio, he founds "Happy & Content" with the goal of fulfilling people's wishes and bizarre requests. While the business seems to be taking off, something unexpected disrupts business, generating a series of unexpected events that demonstrate how achieving happiness often comes from a small illusion.

Basta poco

2015

Ad ovest di Paperino poster
6.5

It is the first film of the comedy trio "I GianCattivi", formed by Athina Cenci, Francesco Nuti and Benvenuti, who won the Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director. The film is set in Florence, Tuscany, with some scenes shot in Prato.The title is an inside joke that refers to the Tuscan village of Paperino, which is a district of Prato; the film's surreal and grotesque undertones are also hinted by the title itself, since "Paperino" is also the Italian name for Donald Duck.

Ad ovest di Paperino

1982

Ci vuole un gran fisico poster
5.0

Torn between family and work, Eva is a woman enslaved by her sense of duty, always in a rush and invariably stressed. Four days shy of her fateful 50th birthday, Eva works as a clerk in the cosmetics department of a department store to support Francesca, her "rocker" daughter, and Lidia, her sprightly mother, after separating from Gino, her ex-husband who has never grown up and continues to complicate her life. The sudden dismissal of a colleague by department head Pagliai fuels Eva's fear that the same fate may befall her, and in an attempt to appear flawless, she will make several mistakes that will further complicate her life. A sort of guardian angel, a strange character who follows her around at all times, will guide her toward solving her problems.

Ci vuole un gran fisico

2013

Non aprite quella bara poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Non aprite quella bara

2024

Santa Fiora Social Club poster
NR

Santa Fiora Social Club, an unpublished film report by Simone himself and Andrea Cocchi dedicated to Cristicchi's artistic and human experience with miners.

Santa Fiora Social Club

2011