List of the best Paolo Taviani movies: The Night of the Shooting Stars(1982), Caesar Must Die(2012), Night Sun(1990), Elective Affinities(1996), Wondrous Boccaccio(2015), Rainbow: A Private Affair(2017) ... ...
Drama
Italy
1982
106 Minutes
Director
Omero Antonutti Margarita Lozano Claudio Bigagli Micol Guidelli Massimo Bonetti Enrica Maria Modugno Sabina Vannucchi Giorgio Naddi
villager girl nazi priest italian fascist italian partisan bleak brutal gripping emotional italy tuscany, italy world war ii fascism faith escape love pursuit quest 1940s
In 1944, the residents of a small Italian town under Axis control flee their homes to seek out the liberating Allied forces.
Drama
Italy
2012
76 Minutes
Director
Salvatore Striano Cosimo Rega Giovanni Arcuri Antonio Frasca Juan Dario Bonetti Vincenzo Gallo Rosario Majorana Gennaro Solito
Inmates at a high-security prison in Rome prepare for a public performance of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar."
Drama
Italy|France|Germany
1990
112 Minutes
Director
Vittorio Taviani Julian Sands Nastassja Kinski Patricia Millardet Charlotte Gainsbourg Massimo Bonetti Margarita Lozano Pamela Villoresi Rudiger Vogler Geppy Gleijeses Sonia Gessner
king aristocrat duchess monk disciple beggar profound brooding naples, italy court monastery hut mountain spiritual journey love triangle corruption purity miracles faith discovery
Young nobleman Baron Sergio Giuramondo, after discovering that his bride-to-be was the king's mistress, leaves Naples in disgust to become a monk. But his quest for perfect solitude is ... See full summary »
Drama
Italy|France
1996
98 Minutes
Director
Isabelle Huppert Jean-Hugues Anglade Fabrizio Bentivoglio Marie Gillain Laura Marinoni Massimo Popolizio
The novel (1809) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The marriage of Edward and Charlotte gets worse with the arrival at the castle Young Ottilia, grandson of Carlotta, and Brass. Edward is ... See full summary »
Drama
2015
120 Minutes
Director
Vittorio Taviani Lello Arena Paola Cortellesi Carolina Crescentini Flavio Parenti Vittoria Puccini Michele Riondino
In the 13th century, 10 children escape an outbreak of the black death and seek shelter in the countryside. To pass the time, each child tells a story that helps them cope with the uncertainties of life.
War, Drama
2017
84 Minutes
Director
Lorenzo Richelmy Valentina Bellè Luca Marinelli Alessandro Sperduti Guglielmo Favilla Francesca Agostini Marco Brinzi Francesco Turbanti Anna Ferruzzo Luca Cesa Lorenzo Demaria
Three young people in an ill-fated love triangle get caught up in the turmoil of Italy's partisan resistance during World War II.