Roberto Perpignani Movies

In 18th-century Sicily, deaf-mute highborn Marianna Ucrìa is forced to marry at age 13, bearing three children before even turning 16, when...

The true story of Edith Stein, a German Jewish philosopher and feminist who converted to Christianity and became a nun, and died in Auschwitz to...

A respectable lawyer finds out his son is a heroin addict. Heartbroken, he'll do anything to help his only child, even if it means sharing his hell.

After an architect (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) is invited to the home of his associate, the harmony of the place comes undone with the visitor's...

In 1931, when the late American Prohibition major bosses have now divided the territory to exploit, the family of one of them - killed in a clash -...

An 18th-century true story about a rebel and his lover's attempt to overthrow the Italian monarchy.

Fascism has forced the leadership of the Italian Communist Party to settle in Paris. In Italy arrests of militants are decimating the organization,...

An island has been decimated by a volcanic eruption and the few survivors escape to a nearby island. Led by Rutolo, they know that their new home is...

Adaptation of Goethe's novel.

Tommaso, a young boy growing up in a big family in the country often spies on cousin Marta. Then she marries and moves away. The film then following...

Inspired by the experiences of some small southern Italian municipalities which chose to integrate a set of Kurdish refugees into the dwindling...

The time is the mid-14th century --- the Pope is now residing at Avignon, the Black Death is killing millions across Europe, and civil wars are...

Belgian drama.

Set in a rural area of France in the 19th century, this simple tale tells the story of a servant girl whose life seems marked by grand tragedy, but...

Documentary about the anthology film Love and Anger (1969) with interviews with Carlo Lizzani (director of the segment "L'indifferenza"), Marco...

Romantic entanglements develop between three young Italians frustrated by their current economic and social status.