Gabriele Rattini

Filippo, a restless teenager of today, is tasked with a school project about his family history. Through stories told by his mother, Lucia, he makes a surprising discovery: Ivo, his maternal grandfather, whom he never knew, was an orphan, just like him. He was raised by Father Marella, a truly extraordinary figure: a philosopher, a beggar, an eccentric teacher, and a savior of Jews, but, above all, a father to countless abandoned children. For Filippo, this begins an adventurous and dramatic journey into the Bologna of the 1940s and 1950s, a journey of discovery, leading him to learn about Father Marella, his grandfather Ivo, and, ultimately, himself.

A young man is on the brink of ending his life, when a memory from his past comes back: a person once asked him to go to the sea.

Lost in the void of a midnight drive, Tommaso’s thoughts spiral into an obsession that turns the road into a mental labyrinth. When a cryptic message breaks the monotony of the drive, his search for meaning veers into the unknown, pulling him into a metaphysical abyss where time folds in on itself. Here, re-living the past is no longer a haunting memory, but a choice.

In the scorching heat of a Bolognese summer, three youngsters share games, love affairs and a beach umbrella. Twenty years later, a woman tells the truth for the first time.

A provincial violinist, deeply attached to his ailing mother, must leave for the city.

2009. Andrea is just a child when his happy family is torn apart by the economic crisis. Sixteen years later, fragile and lost, he searches for meaning in life through petty crime. But when the ghost of his childhood returns, everything falls apart.

A young man is on the brink of ending his life, when a memory from his past comes back: a person once asked him to go to the sea.

A young man is on the brink of ending his life, when a memory from his past comes back: a person once asked him to go to the sea.

A provincial violinist, deeply attached to his ailing mother, must leave for the city.

A provincial violinist, deeply attached to his ailing mother, must leave for the city.

Two criminals must get rid of a corpse, carrying it through a forest that seems to stand in their way.

Two criminals must get rid of a corpse, carrying it through a forest that seems to stand in their way.

A sex-worker and a high-stakes gambler fall in love. Desperate to outrun their debts and the ghosts of their pasts, they plot a daring escape to start over. But things don't always go according to plan.

A sex-worker and a high-stakes gambler fall in love. Desperate to outrun their debts and the ghosts of their pasts, they plot a daring escape to start over. But things don't always go according to plan.