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Director Nanni Moretti takes a mordant look at Italian life through three disparate journeys, presented as the chapters of an open diary.

Palermo in the 1970s. Ten-year-old Salvatore Giammarresi's life revolves around school and his first love, his sister's escapades and his parents' dreams. But the shadow of the Mafia and its crimes hangs over everything.

The destinies of two families are irrevocably tied together after a cyclist is hit off the road by a jeep in the night before Christmas Eve.

An open-hearted, unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best of his life on the streets of Milan.

Two quite different women escape a mental institution to see Tuscany in a stolen car and get to know each other.

In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently.

The story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946.

A misanthropic professor returns to his hometown to assist his dying mother.

Two brothers come of age in a small Italian town in the '60s and '70s.

A low-life bandit and an I.R.A. explosives expert rebel against the government and become heroes of the Mexican Revolution.

During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.

An American novelist visiting Rome to promote his latest book is stalked and harassed by an obsessed fan who is committing a string of murders that appear to be tributes to his work.

A jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic.

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

Four-year-old Pricò becomes the subject of emotional folly by his capricious parents and negligent relatives.

A photographer and the types of people he encounters.

A fluid, unconnected and sometimes chaotic procession of scenes detailing the various people and events of life in Italy's capital, most of it based on director Federico Fellini's life.

Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna, and they plan to get rid of her older husband.

A solitary embalmer meets a charming and unemployed waiter who becomes his assistant, but the two get involved in a morbid and unhealthy professional and personal relationship.

Peppino Impastato, an activist in 1970s Sicily, used radio to defy the mafia's reign. His bold defiance led to his murder by the mob, exposing society's silence on organized crime.

In 1980s Naples, young Fabietto pursues his love for football as family tragedy strikes, shaping his uncertain but promising future as a filmmaker.

San Diego Italian Film Festival presents TROPPO NAPOLETANO (From Naples With Love), a romantic comedy perfect for Valentine's Day. When Deborah's ex-husband, a popular neomelodic singer, loses his life in a stage dive, Deborah worries for her eleven-year-old son, Ciro, who is exhibiting signs of depression. Searching for a solution, Deborah takes Ciro to see Tommaso, a shy child psychologist. During the course of their visits, Ciro confesses that it's not his father's death that has got him down, it's his love for his classmate, the beautiful Ludovica. The two make a deal: Tomasso will help Ciro to win the affections of Ludovica, while Ciro gives Tomasso a hand at having a chance with his mother.

A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old RV they call "The Leisure Seeker".

In January 1969, The Beatles set out to write and record new songs for their first live show in more than two years, culminating in an impromptu concert atop their Savile Row studio.

Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned.