Andrea Purgatori

Writing

Andrea Purgatori

Born 1953-02-01 · Rome, Italy

Acting credits

Still Time poster
6.7

Dante accidentally kisses Alice and they get engaged. After a surprise party for his 40th birthday, he wakes up a year later, not remembering what happened. Not only does he discover that Alice is pregnant... He feels time is passing too quickly and he starts forgetting some of the most important moments of his life.

Still Time

2023

Tutto Sordi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tutto Sordi

2019

A Flat for Three poster
6.0

Ulisse, Fulvio and Domenico decide to rent an apartment together in order to live with their modest work. However the three encounter any difficulties that have forced them to always be one step away from starvation. Ulisse has to maintain his wife and daughter selling recordings of important foreign singers, Fulvio has the task of reviewing silly scandals of celebrities instead of writing articles for major artists, while Domenico must keep his wife and children going to make love with old single pensioners.

A Flat for Three

2012

On the Dark Continent poster
5.6

In the 1950s, a big stir was made by a book (and its corresponding movie) called The Ugly American. Its subject was the grievous damage done to local cultures by well-meaning but essentially clueless (and frequently arrogant) representatives of the U.S. Since then, the phenomenon of cultural damage cause by arrogant tourists and visitors has been demonstrated to be something everyone is capable of. In this thoughtful, comic drama, the subject is Italians overseas. In this film, Malindi Kenya is the playground of rich Italians.

On the Dark Continent

1993

What Do You Know About Me poster
7.0

Until the 1970s, Italian cinema dominated the international scene, even competing with Hollywood. Then, in just a few years, came its rapid decline, the flight of our greatest producers, a crisis among the best writer-directors, the collapse of production. But what are the true causes and circumstances of this decline? In an attempt to provide an answer to this question, Di Me Cosa Ne Sai strives to depict this great cultural change. Begun as a loving examination of Italian cinema, the film transformed into a docu-drama that alternates between interviews with the great names of the past and fragments of cultural and political life of the last 30 years. It is a travel diary that shows Italy from north to south, through movie theatres; television-addicted kids; Berlusconi and Fellini; shopping centers; TV news editors; stories of impassioned film exhibitors and directors who fight for their films; and interviews with itinerant projectionists and great European directors.

What Do You Know About Me

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

Fascists on Mars poster
6.7

In 1938 a group of fascists led by the general Gaetano Maria Barbagli decides to invade the planet of Mars.

Fascists on Mars

2006

The Invisible Wall poster
6.9

June 27, 1980: a DC–9 flying over the Tyrrhenian Sea breaks up mid-air and crashes near the Italian island of Ustica, killing all 81 people on board. The official version blames the "structural failure" of the plane, but a young journalist smells a cover-up and starts to uncover the truth out of the 'invisible wall' of lies built by politicians and air force higher-ups.

The Invisible Wall

1991

Just Believe poster
6.1

The owner of a dilapidated B&B has an idea: in order to dodge bankruptcy, he has to turn his business into a place of worship—a tax-free activity, where he'll host pilgrims in exchange for a generous donation. He joins forces with an unscrupulous accountant and a failed novelist to come up with his new religion.

Just Believe

2018

Telefono Giallo: Speciale Ustica poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Telefono Giallo: Speciale Ustica

1991

One Life, Maybe Two poster
5.1

You're 20 years old and life is full of endless possibilities. But, on a rainy evening, you bumps into another car and life hasn't been the same anymore. Even though you have everything something keeps on eating you up.

One Life, Maybe Two

2010

Ears poster
7.1

A man wakes up one morning with an annoying ringing sound in his ears. A note on the fridge says: "Your friend Luigi has died. P.S. I took the car". The problem is that he does not even remember who this guy Luigi is. This is just the beginning of a tragicomic day during which he will be plunged into the folly of the world. One of those days that changes your life forever.

Ears

2016

Flaminia poster
5.2

Flaminia De Angelis, a cheerful girl from North Rome, is obsessed with fitness and comes from a wealthy background. Under pressure from her mother, she is about to marry Alberto, the son of a diplomat, as a means to climb the social ladder. The arrival of her autistic half-sister, Ludovica, turns her life upside down, and an unexpected event puts everything at risk.

Flaminia

2024

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

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 coherence, was able to work much less than he deserved. It's the story of a film professor who earned the gratitude and affection of all his students. The tale of a cinephile who successfully combined social and civic commitment with a spectacular talent worthy of Hollywood.

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

2023

Giuliano Montaldo - Quattro volte vent'anni poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Giuliano Montaldo - Quattro volte vent'anni

2012

Speciale Atlantide: Andrea Purgatori, Borsellino e le stragi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Speciale Atlantide: Andrea Purgatori, Borsellino e le stragi

2024

La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema

2022

Capaci: 23-05-92 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Capaci: 23-05-92

2024

Behind the camera

L'attentatuni poster
6.3

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

L'attentatuni

2001

Specters poster
4.3

A mysterious tomb is unearthed in the catacombs under Rome, the contents of which contain evidence of an ageless evil that may once have preyed on man.

Specters

1987

Last Cut poster
5.7

A group of boys with a strong desire to escape from their hometown and discover the rest of the world. They escape on a boat called "The Last Cut". However, they find a man on board and they hire him as a sailor. The guys ignore the past of the man. The sailor is actually the former owner of the boat, and ten years earlier had allegedly killed his wife...

Last Cut

1997

The Entrepreneur poster
5.3

A small industrialist from Turin, who inherited the business from his father, finds himself facing a serious economic crisis with unease. This crisis is echoed by personal crises: misunderstandings with his wife and intemperance towards those around him.

The Entrepreneur

2011

Panama Sugar poster
6.0

On an idyllic Caribbean island, Panama Sugar and his friends, engage a battle with Fox Perry, the wealthy American boss who would like to purchase the island to make a Las Vegas exotic.

Panama Sugar

1990

Caravaggio poster
5.6

The tumultuous and adventurous life of Michelangelo Merisi, controversial artist, called by Fate to become the immortal Caravaggio. A violent genius that will dare to defy the ideal vision of the world imposed by the Renaissance painters. A provoker that scandalized patrons and institutions, raising the altars the outcast figures he knew so well: drunkards, vagrants and prostitutes.

Caravaggio

2007

On the Dark Continent poster
5.6

In the 1950s, a big stir was made by a book (and its corresponding movie) called The Ugly American. Its subject was the grievous damage done to local cultures by well-meaning but essentially clueless (and frequently arrogant) representatives of the U.S. Since then, the phenomenon of cultural damage cause by arrogant tourists and visitors has been demonstrated to be something everyone is capable of. In this thoughtful, comic drama, the subject is Italians overseas. In this film, Malindi Kenya is the playground of rich Italians.

On the Dark Continent

1993

Fort Apache Napoli poster
7.1

The story of Giancarlo Siani, a journalist killed by the Neapolitan Mafia in 1985.

Fort Apache Napoli

2009

Maya poster
4.8

An Ancient Mayan curse is awakened in the ancient temples in Mexico, and people are killed in strange and gory ways by an invisible force.

Maya

1989

Law of Courage poster
6.9

The true story of Rosario Livatino, a young judge in Sicily in the early 1980s, who have been nicknamed 'The Boy Judge' from the President of the Republic. He's strictly incorruptible, working hard and refusing even to shake hands with suspects. He then starts a number of investigations that lead him to touch the mafia power in the area, and then to personal war with the hidden organization.

Law of Courage

1994

The Invisible Wall poster
6.9

June 27, 1980: a DC–9 flying over the Tyrrhenian Sea breaks up mid-air and crashes near the Italian island of Ustica, killing all 81 people on board. The official version blames the "structural failure" of the plane, but a young journalist smells a cover-up and starts to uncover the truth out of the 'invisible wall' of lies built by politicians and air force higher-ups.

The Invisible Wall

1991

Fratelli poster
9.0

Anna discovers that has a brother that went to Canada because of the hunger on World War II

Fratelli

2006

Iqbal poster
6.0

Iqbal is about an Asian boy who gets sold by his father to a small carpentry production company in which child labour is supported. His "master" is a cruel man, imposing a ridiculous behaviour catalogue with strict charges. The children, about 5-10 years of age, have to work all day and they´re not allowed to go to toilet while at work, let alone visit their parents. Iqbal soon realizes that this is a massive injustice, especially when a member of the (unindentified) country´s Communist and Anti-child labour party takes photographs of the children.

Iqbal

1998

Cha cha cha poster
5.6

An accident involving a 16-years old prompts private eye Corso to an investigation that will unearth a deep web of corruption in today's Rome.

Cha cha cha

2013

The Boundary poster
7.3

The story of three young people whom the war forced to grow up early: Emma, ​​Franz and Bruno - three friends from Trieste, are very close. Their life was mercilessly affected by the First World War, which forces the children to fight for survival, as well as for their love and friendship, although each of them comes from different social strata.

The Boundary

2018

La vita cambia poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

La vita cambia

2000

La leggenda del bandito e del campione poster
6.0

This is the story of two poor, hungry young people, as well as their desire for social reward in Italy in the early twentieth century. This is the story of the passion for the cycling that joined them, and the adventurous events that shared them forever. The two boys were called Constant Girardengo and Sante Pollastri. But for all, they were the "Campionissimo" and "Bandito Numero 1".

La leggenda del bandito e del campione

2010

Il fantasma di Corleone poster
6.5

The film is an investigation that punctually reconstructs the story of the boss of bosses Bernardo Provenzano: from his rise to the top of the dome to the end of his very long fugitive life. An intense and painful road movie among disturbing testimonies, trial depositions, statements by judges, lawyers and investigators, punctuated by chase scenes reconstructed with the pace of a thriller. The Cosa Nostra chief's 40-year fugitance comes to an end on April 11, 2006, when Provenzano is arrested in a cottage near Corleone.

Il fantasma di Corleone

2006