Alessandro Zanon Trailers

Ritratti: Mario Rigoni Stern Trailer (1999)

01 September 1999

Marco Paolini interviews Mario Rigoni Stern about—among other things—his well-known experience as a soldier on the Eastern front during WWII, culminating in the infamous retreat of the Italian troops, the difficult reintegration into civilian life after the war, his relationship with his literary work and with his ancestral land, the Asiago Plateau.

Signorina Effe Trailer (2008)

18 January 2008

A white and a blue collar worker fall in love during the 1980 strike at FIAT that marked the end for labor movement in Italy.

Antigone Trailer (1992)

02 September 1992

A fearless Antigone, refusing to allow the dishonored body of her murdered brother Polynices to be devoured by vultures and dogs, defies the Thebian tyrant Creon by burying him.

The Way We Laughed Trailer (1998)

02 October 1998

Studying to become a teacher in 1950s Northern Italy, Sicilian immigrant Pietro is joined by his big brother Giovanni.

Sorelle Mai Trailer (2011)

16 March 2011

The film, a nostalgic fantasy documentary, depicts in six episodes a family story in Bobbio between 1999 and 2008.

Croce e Delizia Trailer (1995)

06 October 1995

An Italian troupe is busy in Paris filming an adaptation of La Traviata. The dressmaker Rosa, in love with the lead actor, identifies herself with Violetta: thanks to a bad joke and a fake séance, Rosa begins to believe she is her reincarnation.

The Spectator Trailer (2004)

07 May 2004

Valeria is a passive onlooker to her own life in Turin, and she grows so obsessed with the activities of her neighbor Massimo that when he moves to Rome she decides to follow him.

The Predators Trailer (2020)

22 October 2020

This is the story of two completely opposite households: the Pavone are intellectual and bourgeois, the Vismara are proletarian and fascists.

The Great Pumpkin Trailer (1993)

10 February 1993

An epileptic 12-year-old girl, Pippi, is hospitalized in the psychiatric ward instead of the neurological ward, due to an administration error.

A Matter of Heart Trailer (2009)

17 April 2009

Garage owner Angelo and big-time film producer Alberto find themselves occupying neighbouring beds in a Rome hospital after suffering heart attacks.

Kaos Trailer (1984)

23 November 1984

Five stories center on a werewolf, a feudal landlord, peasants, a ghost, and a mother and her sons.

On the Tiger's Back Trailer (2002)

08 November 2002

Plagued by financial problems, ne'er-do-well Guido ends up in jail after faking an armed robbery at his workplace.

L'estate di Davide Trailer (1998)

09 August 1998

At 19, David has his diploma (the first in his family), a job at a car wash, and little else. His family is broke and argues constantly.

Capri-Revolution Trailer (2018)

13 December 2018

In 1914, with Italy on the cusp of joining World War I, a group of foreign artists establishes a commune on the rural island of Capri, catching the attention of young Lucia, a local illiterate shepherdess who soon falls under their spell.

The Son's Room Trailer (2001)

09 March 2001

A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident.

The Second Time Trailer (1995)

26 October 1995

A convicted terrorist out on parole meets a man she nearly murdered 15 years before, without recognizing him.

Fantozzi to the Rescue Trailer (1990)

21 December 1990

Fantozzi is now retired but continues to go to the office where it is held up as a fine example of employees intending to do career.

The Order of Things Trailer (2017)

07 September 2017

An immigration agent is torn between the job and his humanity.

The Girl by the Lake Trailer (2007)

14 September 2007

A cop investigates the murder of a beautiful teen girl left naked by a lake.

A Brighter Tomorrow Trailer (2023)

20 April 2023

An old film director, unhappy with the movie he's shooting about a Hungarian circus stranded in Rome during the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising, faces divorce from his producer wife and other problems.

We Have a Pope Trailer (2011)

15 April 2011

The newly elected Pope suffers a panic attack just as he is about to greet the faithful who have gathered to see him.

Ritratti: Andrea Zanzotto Trailer (2000)

01 September 2000

Marco Paolini discusses with poet Andrea Zanzotto about nature, history and language.

Three Floors Trailer (2021)

23 September 2021

Follows the lives of three families who live in a three-story building in a Roman neighbourhood.

Too Beautiful to Die Trailer (1988)

24 November 1988

A group of high fashion models have been invited to an isolated house to attend a party. As the night wears on, one of the models falls victim to a deadly 'accident,' which sets into motion a series of brutal murders, all traced back to a shocking secret.

Big Trailer (1987)

23 December 1987

Marco, a nine year old boy, is in love with his elementary teacher, and feels neglected by his workaholic parents.

The King of Laughter Trailer (2021)

09 September 2021

In early 20th-century Naples, a theatrical parody lands beloved thespian and playwright Eduardo Scarpetta in court, facing a malicious lawsuit that could compromise his freedom of expression and the economic security of his extended family—including his son's, young Eduardo De Filippo.

The Keys To The House Trailer (2004)

10 September 2004

Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.

Mia madre Trailer (2015)

16 April 2015

Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.

With Closed Eyes Trailer (1994)

22 November 1994

In the Tuscan countryside at the end of the 19th century, Pietro, the shy son of a tyrannical landowner, falls in love with Ghisola, a peasant girl with no family.

Imago Mortis Trailer (2009)

15 January 2009

They say that in 1600s, long before the invention of photography, a scientist named Fumagalli, was obsessed with the idea of reproducing images.

Aprile Trailer (1998)

27 March 1998

Nanni Moretti once again muses on the ebb and flow of life in April 1996, as he is about to become a father for the first time and finds himself unable to focus on his documentary about the upcoming general elections, where the left is heading into a rematch against Berlusconi.

Lamerica Trailer (1994)

09 September 1994

Fiore, an Italian conman, arrives in post Communist Albania with Gino, his young apprentice, to set up a shoe factory that will never open.

The Caiman Trailer (2006)

24 March 2006

Bruno Bonomo was a famous producer of B-movies in the ‘70s. After a long hiatus, Bonomo offers a st

Ritratti: Luigi Meneghello Trailer (2002)

01 September 2002

Marco Paolini interviews Luigi Meneghello about growing up under fascism, his involvement with the Italian resistance movement, his later self-exile, acclaimed literary work and its relationship with dialect.

The Stolen Children Trailer (1992)

10 April 1992

Antonio, a policeman (carabiniere), has an order to take two children (Rosetta and her brother Luciano) from Milan to Sicily to an orphanage.

Vivere Trailer (2019)

26 September 2019

In a respectable suburb made up of row houses, Luca Attorre — a freelance journalist who struggles to get his features published in the papers — is unable to maintain Susi, a ballerina reduced to teaching dance to overweight women, and Lucilla, their quiet and imaginative six-year- old daughter who suffers from severe bronchial asthma.

Intrepido: A Lonely Hero Trailer (2013)

06 September 2013

A meek middle-aged man takes on every conceivable temporary job in order to feel useful and keep his dignity—until something shakes his inexhaustible optimism.

The Death of Empedocles Trailer (1987)

14 October 1987

Film adaptation by Straub and Huillet of Hölderlin’s 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedocles, the legislator in Ancient Greece.

Fratelli d'Italia Trailer (1989)

23 November 1989

Three episodes held together by a common element: a car rented by three different characters.

Sposerò Simon Le Bon Trailer (1986)

20 March 1986

The story of a teenager whose biggest dream is to marry Simon Le Bon, singer of pop band Duran Duran.

Leopardi Trailer (2014)

16 October 2014

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

Fallen Heroes Trailer (2008)

28 March 2008

Forty year-old Bruno Ledeux, seen sitting across from the doctor, gives the impression of a man who is no longer young but not yet old.

La bambina che non voleva cantare Trailer (2021)

10 March 2021

Film inspired by the career of the Italian singer Nada.

Shooting the Moon Trailer (1998)

04 September 1998

14-year-old Siddharta, wise beyond his age, has to deal every day with his heroin-addict mother Silvia and an absent father.

The Life I Want Trailer (2004)

01 October 2004

A relationship develops between seasoned actor Stefano and his young, ambitious co-star Laura when they are cast as the two leads in a film.

Cose da pazzi Trailer (2005)

25 March 2005

Storia di Filomena e Antonio: Gli anni '70 e la droga a Milano Trailer (1976)

08 January 1976

Documentary on the penetration of drugs in Milan in the 70s. Filomena is only 24 years old and recounts with a lucidity that takes her breath away her journey as a child locked up in boarding school, ran away from home, taken back by her family and treated as a lost woman.

I Briganti di Zabut Trailer (1998)

15 October 1998

A laborer sent into exile during the Fascist era for defending a beggar returns to his hometown after the armistice.

Black Sin Trailer (1989)

01 May 1989

A companion piece to the earlier film ‘The Death of Empedocles’, 'Black Sin' is an adaptation of the third version of Friedrich Hölderlin’s play ‘Der Tod des Empedokles’.