Shel Shapiro

Acting

Shel Shapiro

Acting credits

All Roads Lead to Rome poster
5.0

Maggie is an uptight, single mother and college writing teacher from New York City. In an effort to reconnect with her troubled teen daughter Summer, she decides to embark on a journey to a Tuscan village where she frequented in her younger days. Upon arrival, Maggie runs into Luca a handsome former lover who is still a bachelor and lives with his eighty-year-old mother Carmen. Summer (missing her “bad boy” boyfriend in NYC) and Carmen (secretly planning a wedding against Luca’s wishes to MARCELINO, her one true love in Rome) impulsively steal Luca’s car and race off to Rome. Maggie and Luca quickly pursue allowing the two mismatched couples to spend some time together and develop a new understanding of each other.

All Roads Lead to Rome

2016

Brancaleone at the Crusades poster
7.2

After saving an infant of royal blood, knight Brancaleone forms a new army and sets out to return the baby to his father: a prince fighting in the Crusades.

Brancaleone at the Crusades

1970

Nessuno ci può giudicare poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Nessuno ci può giudicare

2017

Zero Bagget poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Zero Bagget

2014

Judas: Close to Jesus poster
7.4

Pilate and the Roman legate Veturius look on worriedly as Jesus is celebrated as the new messiah in Jerusalem, fearing an uprising. Veturius decides to have Jesus arrested as soon as a suitable opportunity presents itself. Judas is delighted by the reception Jesus is receiving, and quickly wants to win over the influential merchants to the cause which would make him the king and the liberator of the Jews.

Judas: Close to Jesus

2001

Any Reason Not to Marry? poster
5.3

Leo and Nina lived happily out of wedlock until one day Nina asked Leo to marry him. Leo, hostile to conformity, had always been opposed to the idea and it looked as though Nina as well. But giving in to his companion's insistence, the young man agrees to an unconventional wedding, without the expensive white gown, without the traditional candy box, with gifts to charities instead of wedding presents, the lot. Nina agrees … or seems to.

Any Reason Not to Marry?

2006

La verità sta in cielo poster
5.9

In 1983 an English journalist travels to Italy to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a young vatican girl.

La verità sta in cielo

2016

Happiness at Last poster
5.5

A middle-aged man finds out his late mother was sponsoring a Brazilian girl who has now become a beautiful model and tries his best not to fall for her.

Happiness at Last

2011

Let Me Introduce You to Sofia poster
6.1

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!

Let Me Introduce You to Sofia

2018

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

Il nostro matrimonio è in crisi poster
6.0

A young couple a few days before the wedding. She is caught by an identity crisis, gives up everything and finds refuge in a New Age community. Here she finds a real Guru who tries to enlighten her on her way to wisdom. He, in the meantime, will make all efforts to bring her back to him.

Il nostro matrimonio è in crisi

2002