Cesare Zavattini Movies

The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events.

Nicoletta is a young rebel, cherished by his forgiving father, until an old relative joins the family after the wedding of her sister, and insists...

An episodic film based on letters to agony columns, showing the effect of sex on the lives of women.

'L'ultimo pugno di terra' (The Last Fistful of Land) is a 1966 documentary film directed by Fiorenzo Serra about the anguish and instability of the...

A married woman fights her strange attraction to an aristocratic young pianist from her past.

A struggling model concocts a story of being raped and beaten by three strangers and soon becomes a media darling. Complications arise when the...

Episodic film with flashbacks about the lives of some sick and infirm people travelling on the same train, making a pilgrimage to the shine of Our...

The story of 5 girls among 200 who answer a wanted ad for a modest secretarial position, which leads to overcrowding in the building and a tragic...

In a post-war Rome (1946) a cat burglar inadvertently saves the life of a would-be suicide man who returns from the war to find that he has been...

A lonely teenage boy, living isolated on an island, idolizes his distant father. Complications arise when his father brings home a young new wife,...

Birdaghin is a dancer at La Scala in Milan whose rapid success also quickly goes to her head. Fortunately, everything will be fine.

On his way to his own wedding, a young man saves a woman who attempted suicide by jumping into a river and falls for her.

The film follows men from all walks of life, seeking to give meaning to their lives and rediscover their inner peace during a retreat in the...

Biggest Hollywood stars in Italy from 1950 to 1970 through Cinecittà Luce's archives.

Documentary about Italian movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini, with interviews with some of his actors and friends.

Turi, a young Sicilian, makes ends meet by doing some occasional work and singing in taverns in a popular district of Rome.

A day in Rome viewed by sixteen different directors under the supervision of the great screenwriter Cesare Zavattini.

Four poor fellows win a luxurious car in a lottery but they have not the money to keep it. Therefore they decide to have it a day each and sell it...

The following documentary on screenwriter, publisher, novelist, and film theorist Cesare Zavattini was made in 2019 and is part of an ongoing Italian...

A mysterious man, who had lost his memory, arrives in San Marino among other refugees during the Second World War.