The Boom

Exploring love, sex and marriage in contemporary mid-'70s Italy.

An episodic satire of the social and politic status of Italy in the 1970s through the programming of a television channel.

Priest Don Camillo blackmails his friendly rival Peppone into letting him join a Communist delegation visiting the Soviet Union.

Don Camillo (now bishop) and Peppone (now senator) return to the town of Brescello and rekindle their friendly rivalry.

Despite being in prison, Italy's most wanted gang of academics must stop Walter Mercurio from unleashing a deadly nerve gas on the elite.

Vittorio Gassman stars as different characters in each of the nine episodes of this unusual Italian comedy. Playing everything from a practical joker to a prisoner, he comments upon romance, love and

After their boss' death, two clerks eagerly await the arrival of the next one, each one of them hoping to become the apple of his eye. They compete in every possible way to impress him, which causes l

A good-natured but unlucky Italian is constantly getting into difficult situations, but never loses his positive mood.

Partly filmed at his home in Florence, where he spends the winter while waiting to leave for "the season", and partly filmed in the holiday town where he has been performing for the past eight summers

The frustrating adventures of a humble employee who spends all of his time fulfilling his bosses' wishes and desires.

A character study of five young men at crucial turning points in their lives in a small town in Italy.

A determined priest and a Communist mayor develop a grudging friendship in spite of their official rivalry.