Genres:Music Countries:Austria | Germany Directors:Carlos Saura Actors:Lorenzo Balducci | Lino Guanciale | Emilia Verginelli | Tobias Moretti | Ennio Fantastichini | Sergio Foresti | Carlo Lepore | Francesca Inaudi | Franco Interlenghi | Cristina Giannelli | Roberto Accornero | Francesco Barilli | Ketevan Kemoklidze | Michail Krasnoborov Redwood | Elena Cucci
The backstage intrigue behind the creation of one of the world's great operas provides the story for this historical drama from director Carlos Saura. Lorenzo Da Ponte (Lorenzo Balducci) is a defrocked priest who, after a failed marriage and a spell running a brothel, has found himself in Vienna, where his gifts as a poet and friendship with Casanova (Tobias Moretti) have led to an introduction to composer Salieri (Ennio Fantastichini). Salieri has been commissioned by the Viennese court to write an opera and is in need of a lyricist. Da Ponte agrees to write the libretto for Salieri's latest project, but when the composer becomes disinterested, he passes the opera on to one of his associates, Mozart (Lino Guanciale). As Da Ponte juggles both serious and casual relationships with several women and Mozart struggles with his muse, their adventures become a reflection of the story Da Ponte and Mozart are setting to music. Io, Don Giovanni (aka I, Don Giovanni) was an official selection at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.
Genres:Drama | Mystery | Thriller Countries:Italy Directors:Giuseppe Capotondi Actors:Filippo Timi | Kseniya Rappoport | Antonia Truppo | Gaetano Bruno | Fausto Russo Alesi | Michele Di Mauro | Lorenzo Gioielli | Lidia Vitale | Giampiero Judica | Roberto Accornero | Lucia Poli | Giorgio Colangeli | Deborah Bernuzzi | Barbara Braconi
Love and danger unexpectedly meet in this offbeat thriller with comic elements from Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Capotondi. Sonia (Ksenia Rappoport) is a young woman who from Eastern Europe who has recently come to live in Turin and wants to find a boyfriend. With this in mind, she signs up for a speed-dating service, and among the men she meets is Guido (Filippo Timi), an ex-cop turned security guard who has been making the rounds of the singles' scene for a while. Sonia likes Guido and he feels the same way about her, passing along his belief that when the hour and minute sides of the clock feature the same numbers, it's a sign of good luck and one can use the occasion to make a wish. However, Guido's luck takes a turn for the worse while Sonia visits the villa where he keeps watch — a handful of burglars break in and Guido is shot during the altercation, leaving Sonia to make sense of what happened to make her way to safety. La Doppia Ora (aka The Double Hour) was an official selection at the 2009 Venice International Film Festival. Download:
Genres: Music