Silvio Soldini

Directing

Silvio Soldini

Born 1958-08-01 · Milan, Italy

Silvio Soldini was born in 1958 in Milan where he lives and works. Writer and director, well known for his very successful film BREAD AND TULIPS, winner in 2000 of the David di Donatello and of the Nastri d’Argento. In 2002, with BURNING IN THE WIND he won the David di Donatello. In 2007, Margherita Buy whom played in his DAYS IN CLOUDS received the David di Donatello for the best actress. His more recent film IL COLORE NASCOTO DELLE COSE (2017) was presented out of competition at the Venice Film Festival, and nominated for the David di Donatello and the Golden Globe.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Come Undone poster
5.9

Anna is an accountant for an important insurance firm and lives with her longterm lover Alessio - a man who longs for a stable longterm relationship with children, home, etc. Anna, feeling as though the fire has fizzled in that relationship takes up with co-worker Domenico and the two begin a passionate affair.

Come Undone

2010

Come Undone poster
5.9

Anna is an accountant for an important insurance firm and lives with her longterm lover Alessio - a man who longs for a stable longterm relationship with children, home, etc. Anna, feeling as though the fire has fizzled in that relationship takes up with co-worker Domenico and the two begin a passionate affair.

Come Undone

2010

Bread and Tulips poster
7.2

An endearing light comedy about a woman who spontaneously becomes a resident of Venice after her family left her behind. While enjoying the wonderful people she meets she achieves a new life and the first time independent of her family.

Bread and Tulips

2000

Bread and Tulips poster
7.2

An endearing light comedy about a woman who spontaneously becomes a resident of Venice after her family left her behind. While enjoying the wonderful people she meets she achieves a new life and the first time independent of her family.

Bread and Tulips

2000

Voci celate poster
NR

A look at the daily lives of the patients of a psychiatric day-hospital near Milan, nearly ten years after the closure of insane asylums in Italy.

Voci celate

1986

The Tasters poster
6.6

In autumn 1943, in Gross-Partsch, 26-year-old Rosa, who had come from Berlin to stay with the parents of her husband Gregor, who was fighting on the Russian front, was taken by the SS to a mysterious place. Forced to taste a dish, she joins the group of tasters responsible for checking that the food destined for Hitler is not poisoned.

The Tasters

2025

The Tasters poster
6.6

In autumn 1943, in Gross-Partsch, 26-year-old Rosa, who had come from Berlin to stay with the parents of her husband Gregor, who was fighting on the Russian front, was taken by the SS to a mysterious place. Forced to taste a dish, she joins the group of tasters responsible for checking that the food destined for Hitler is not poisoned.

The Tasters

2025

Musiche bruciano poster
9.0

Documentary about the then-blooming Milan rock music scene.

Musiche bruciano

1991

Milano 2015 poster
4.0

Six Italian directors explore contemporary Milan in a rich and eclectic portrait of urban life and spaces—both rooted in history and bursting with a diversity of architecture and humanity.

Milano 2015

2015

Milano 2015 poster
4.0

Six Italian directors explore contemporary Milan in a rich and eclectic portrait of urban life and spaces—both rooted in history and bursting with a diversity of architecture and humanity.

Milano 2015

2015

Days and Clouds poster
6.8

Set in Genoa, the film concerns the financial struggles and emotional strain that occur after Michele loses his job. He and his wife Elsa are forced to give up their affluent lifestyle and cope with the tensions of moving into a smaller home, finding new work, and making sacrifices.

Days and Clouds

2007

Days and Clouds poster
6.8

Set in Genoa, the film concerns the financial struggles and emotional strain that occur after Michele loses his job. He and his wife Elsa are forced to give up their affluent lifestyle and cope with the tensions of moving into a smaller home, finding new work, and making sacrifices.

Days and Clouds

2007

Emma poster
6.3

Teo has a good job, a fiancee, a lover, no intention to assume any responsibility in his life. Meeting Emma, a blind woman, will upset his convictions.

Emma

2017

Emma poster
6.3

Teo has a good job, a fiancee, a lover, no intention to assume any responsibility in his life. Meeting Emma, a blind woman, will upset his convictions.

Emma

2017

Agatha and the Storm poster
6.1

The story of a middle-aged bookshop owner, who becomes embroiled in a surreal swirl of romance and family secrets of infidelity, her energy levels registering in bursts of electrical interference - causing lightbulbs, traffic lights, toasters and computers to spontaneously spark and malfunction.

Agatha and the Storm

2004

Agatha and the Storm poster
6.1

The story of a middle-aged bookshop owner, who becomes embroiled in a surreal swirl of romance and family secrets of infidelity, her energy levels registering in bursts of electrical interference - causing lightbulbs, traffic lights, toasters and computers to spontaneously spark and malfunction.

Agatha and the Storm

2004

Garibaldi's Lovers poster
6.6

A widowed working-class father falls in love with a struggling, poor artist.

Garibaldi's Lovers

2012

Garibaldi's Lovers poster
6.6

A widowed working-class father falls in love with a struggling, poor artist.

Garibaldi's Lovers

2012

Giulia in ottobre poster
10.0

Giulia has a one-night stand with a stranger to forget a heartbreak. Aimlessly walking through October city streets to let off steam, she meets a woman who came from Turin seeking an explanation from her partner, who doesn't even want to see her. The two join forces and settle accounts with him. Neither of them feels like going home and being alone, so they spend the whole night wandering around Milan.

Giulia in ottobre

1985

Giulia in ottobre poster
10.0

Giulia has a one-night stand with a stranger to forget a heartbreak. Aimlessly walking through October city streets to let off steam, she meets a woman who came from Turin seeking an explanation from her partner, who doesn't even want to see her. The two join forces and settle accounts with him. Neither of them feels like going home and being alone, so they spend the whole night wandering around Milan.

Giulia in ottobre

1985

Brucio nel vento poster
6.7

For ten years, immigrant Tobias has worked at a Swiss clock factory and, in the relentless ticking, he saw life go by without much expectation. One day, he sees Caroline, a former schoolmate from back in Eastern Europe, and falls in love with her, but she's married and has a daughter.

Brucio nel vento

2002

Brucio nel vento poster
6.7

For ten years, immigrant Tobias has worked at a Swiss clock factory and, in the relentless ticking, he saw life go by without much expectation. One day, he sees Caroline, a former schoolmate from back in Eastern Europe, and falls in love with her, but she's married and has a daughter.

Brucio nel vento

2002

Le acrobate poster
5.8

A chemical analyst and a supermarket clerk strike up a friendship after they are brought together by the death of an elderly woman.

Le acrobate

1997

Le acrobate poster
5.8

A chemical analyst and a supermarket clerk strike up a friendship after they are brought together by the death of an elderly woman.

Le acrobate

1997