Lucia Batassa

Giulia is constantly torn between the need to feel at home and be loved and a wild desire for freedom. One day she finds herself homeless and begins, in her own crazy way, to seek shelter and her own place in the world. Between an illusory desire for motherhood and ways to make ends meet, she spends the hottest days of a torrid Roman summer surrounded by elusive characters with empty lives, yet pure and wonderful like her. In a limbo made up of nothing (and everything), Giulia understands that it is up to her to decide how to live, or not to live, her own life.

October 16, 1943, Rome. It is early morning. Lea, waking from a nightmare, hears a knock at the door. Two German soldiers give her a leaflet: Lea and her husband Enzo have twenty minutes to leave their lives behind and follow them.

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Dominik, a PhD student at the University of Wrocław, specializing in the history of art, is sent to Porto Ercole by order of a professor to collect material about the most mysterious period of Caravaggio's life. When he meets Silvia and the local priest Paolo, he unexpectedly becomes part of a criminal intrigue, step by step discovering the carefully hidden secret of an inconspicuous town. It turns out that the world of art that Dominik has known so far is not what it might seem...

Leonardo, an obituary author, lives an isolated and disillusioned life, which is completely turned upside down when he befriends an eccentric group of ghosts. Among them there is also the spirit of Leonardo's father, in a youthful and enthusiastic version that his son does not remember ever experiencing.

Ettore has spent the last five years in jail for a robbery. Once out of prison, he has nowhere to go, his wife broke up with him and doesn’t want him to meet their little daughter who was born right before he was arrested. Alone and desperate, Ettore roams the streets of Rome and meets a strange old man, Nicola. He decides to take advantage of him and rob him. But after breaking into his house, Ettore realizes Nicola doesn’t have anything worth stealing and furthermore, the old man tells him a rather stranger thing: he affirms to be Santa Claus…

Four episodes – Christmas, May 1st (Labour Day), August 15th (Ferragosto), Halloween – to tell four stories that delve into the human soul.

Alice is about to turn eighteen, but she doesn't seem to be ready to grow at all. A dive into the unconscious. A journey in search of a rebirth. A reasoning on the concept of normality, through the mirror of magical realism.

Golia is a former rugby champion suffering from dementia. every day he wakes up convinced that he is still young and is away with his team, only to learn that he is living inside a nursing home and has lost all contact with his wife and children. alessandro, another guest of the nursing home, is a former professor of ancient literature suffering from paraplegia. alessandro has one last ambition left: to help golia break out of the nursing home and reunite him with his family, overcoming the defense lines of the institution’s mean-spirited staff and showing the institutions how senility and illness are not valid pretexts for defining the social worthlessness of man.

Five nuns traveling in a minibus are kidnapped and drugged by five hooded figures who take their place. They are Milù, Felicetta, Asia, Maria, and Maddalena: five women with turbulent pasts who met during a rehabilitation program in prison. They show up at the abbey to retrieve some loot.

In Faenza, Italy, a dysfunctional family gathers for occasional dinners, and as untold truths are revealed, things gradually become rocky.

The exemplary story of one of the most important pioneers of the Italian publishing industry who, with his vision, brought books and reading into the homes of all Italians.

Short film freely drawn from the life of the Italian poetess Alda Merini specially designed as an installation for the exhibition at the Milano Art Gallery from 24 January to 13 February 2020, in occasion of the 10th anniversary of her death.

In a dystopian Rome, a law is enforced which does not allow immigrant families to have more than three children. If a fourth is to be expected, he or she must be born, however, one of them must then be killed, giving the females priority for sacrifice. Zoe, Iris and Clio are three sisters, but one of them will soon be killed. Tria is a tragic story, suspended between life and death, set in the home of a family that has accepted to sacrifice its integrity in order to carve out a place in the world. A dystopian story, yet not so far from what could happen, or what, somewhere else, may have already happened.

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Alfredo talks to himself or rather talks with a cigarette—bad thing loneliness, real loneliness, especially at the age of seventy. Alfredo is a man who has loved another man, Mario. He loved him so much that he found the courage to come out and lose his job and family. Mario, on the other hand, continued his married life, then became a father and finally a grandfather, because he is gay, but only part-time. Alfredo cannot bring himself to let him go, but neither can he live that relationship in the middle, so separation becomes inevitable here. At first, Alfredo convinces himself that he can escape the melancholy but then he accidentally slips on his partner's shirt and sees their whole life together again. Yes because all it takes is a scent, a smell to return there, where one was loved. Mario no longer wants to separate himself from that smell, which turns into an obsession, convinced that once it is gone, the last traces of their love will also disappear.

A 40-year-old world-famous chef with anger management issues is assigned to run a cooking class at a centre for young people with autism.

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Gabriele is a divorced dad who owns a music store and is completely focused on taking care of his 10-year-old daughter Sofia who spends time with both parents. One day he bumps into his old friend Mara who - for the first time since his separation - reignites his desire to be in a relationship. There is only one problem, Mara hates children!

Saverio Sallesi, a past as a boxer without too much success, is grappling with a difficult situation. Some small precedents with the law, he has to deal with unemployment and failed loans from banks. Even from a sentimental point of view, things are not going well and he is unable to build a serious relationship with any of the women he frequents. One day he robs a bank and during the escape decides to hide in the apartment of Micol, a prostitute.

Francesco, Carlo, Loco e Giordano, lifelong friends, depart from Rome towards Madrid to celebrate the bachelor party of Francesco but above all to make, as happened on other occasions, a trip together. In fact, the trip is also an excuse to go see their favorite team away in the Champions League. In their path intersect to Pilar, a beautiful Spanish singer who, unknowingly, brings havoc within a close-knit group favoring, including unexpected, laughter and comical situations, even the come to diversity afloat, insecurities and never those words. On their return, nothing will be as before.

A pair of twisted tales from two filmmakers that are quickly emerging as the next generation of Italian Horror directors. Episode One: Celeste and her husband rent a country house for the holidays. An earthquake recently destroyed part of the small town, and the house seems to have been recently renovated ... but with much haste. Often alone in the house, Celeste begins to experience horrible visions that seem to emerge from the cracks in the walls. As her mind begins to slip away,she continues to see and hear things that can't be explained, especially to her skeptical husband. Episode Two: Yuri and Max have been friends for a lifetime, spending their evenings drinking and discussing their lives. But this particular evening will be their last.

A poetic adventure of two children who arrive from a small village in outing to Rome and, in front of an unexpected, decide to escape from their mother

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Stefano, a solitary killer with a dark past, works as a bouncer in a nightclub to cover up his real occupation. He avoids hanging out with friends and relatives and his only human contact is with young Filippo, who is enrolled in the same gym where he trains. His passion for Chinese food and the Orient leads him to meet Lee Ang, a girl who works in the family restaurant and who, a victim of her father's overbearing severity, begins to secretly date him until he falls in love with her and questions his life and future.

Marco, a thirty-year-old writer who moved to a suburban neighborhood in search of inspiration, will apparently cross paths with the mysterious ceramist Giulia by chance, soon feeling the need to intervene to defend her from the psychological persecution and verbal harassment of her stalker. 8 Wins and 2 Nominations

In a post office 5 people are kidnapped by a crazy woman. They have to confess their crimes and sins and find a way to escape . Good Film, a must see.

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Garage owner Angelo and big-time film producer Alberto find themselves occupying neighbouring beds in a Rome hospital after suffering heart attacks. Alberto is a gregarious joker - and chain smoker - who has a strong effect on the impressionable Angelo. However, as one of the men's condition deteriorates, the other becomes more deeply involved in his personal life.

The Champions League Final, on 31st May 2001, in Rome. A football match unites men that have nothing in common with each other. The stadium becomes a modern Greek theatre, where five dramas touch one another, only to fade away in a few minutes. The main characters are, Simone, Alice, Gabriele, Pietro and Achille, all different types of people, of different ages, all looking for a place to find some peace and quiet, a taste of happiness and love, as well as someone to trust in. At the last stage people laugh, but there is always a bitter note to their laughter. And their laughter is louder and more satisfying the greater their adversity. Indeed, in the end, there is always a reason to go on, a final stage from which to rise.

In 1838 in the kingdom of Naples and the Two Sicilies, Malacarne, gamekeeper of Baron San Germano, kills the bandit Caruso, whose widow gives birth to Giovanni and at the same time becomes the nurse of Costanza, San Germano’s orphaned daughter. Thirteen years later, Giovanni and Costanza fall in love to the jealousy of her uncle, who shuts her in a convent, ordering Giovanni to be killed by Malacarne who has meanwhile become a bandit. Barely alive, Giovanni is taken away by Bourbon soldiers. After Garibaldi’s arrival in Sicily and its union with Italy, Costanza is freed from the convent and returns to San Germano. She is visited by Giovanni and although still loves him, rejects him since she wishes to become a nun. In the meantime, Giovanni kills Malacarne and takes his place. Costanza marries the rich Lo Turco and the next day departs for Naples, but during the journey the carriage is attacked by Giovanni’s band. Costanza flees with him and they leave for America.

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Set in a tired Rome, where a corrupt and silent power rules, Inspector Alfieri is warned by ministry officials of a dangerous digital archive that could shatter the delicate balance between crime, business, and politics. Shortly after, at an exclusive nightlife club, a lawyer is found poisoned. Elena, a woman living on the margins of this world, discovers the body. Controlling her panic, she hides a USB flash drive the victim gave her just before dying and escapes into the night. Alfieri assigns the case to his trusted investigator, Rocky Giraldi. Foul-mouthed, sarcastic, and seemingly out of place, Rocky possesses a deeply righteous soul. Despite his rough exterior, he is determined to ensure justice prevails at any cost.