Antonio Avati Movies

A young poet falls in love with a sophisticated woman who hates poetry. But the poet wants to win her with poetry — and a bit of help from his...

The tormented life of Dante Alighieri, from solitary childhood to death in exile, seen through Giovanni Boccaccio’s journey to rehabilitate his...

When love blossoms between a young Italian woman and an African student, her family’s disapproval — and a secret — threatens to...

When his destituite widowed sister-in-law—whom he had never stopped harbouring feelings for—and her ne'er-do-well son come to live with...

Shunned by the church, a seminary student takes a position as assistant to an excommunicated priest who has been dabbling in the dark arts.

15 years after that fateful card game on Christmas Eve, Franco gets his onetime friends back at the poker table for the rematch and a long-awaited...

A famous TV host, who grew up without parents and with a painful past, sees his brilliant career and power called into question during a train...

The story about a sinister magician-dwarf, physically unable to love a woman. His wife's betrayals and an obsessive isolation drive him to despair.

Samuele and Marzio, as teenagers, make a promise to be friends forever, but adulthood, women and everyday problems sneak into their lives.

Documentary about Pupi Avati's film.

The United States of America, after the great success of Vietnam, Watergate and so on, have decided to expand their activities in Italy. Mr. Chips...

Incredibly, the bride at the altar falls in love with the best man on first sight, and even though he makes efforts to avoid her infatuation with...

The annual film festival in Venice is, of course, an ideal place to make a film (how come no-one has thought of it before). Everything is there in...

On Christmas night, four estranged friends reunite to rip off a wealthy businessman in a game of poker, but old grudges get in the way.

In 1994, Gianca and Nick, two twenty-year-olds from Bologna, met in Perugia during a workshop for young musicians at Umbria Jazz. Both dreamed of...

Italy, 1914. Two teachers take their pupils for a school outing from Bologna to Florence.

The documentary recounts an important part of the history of this country, retracing a long journey that began on October 6, 1924, and continues to...

Bologna, 1954. Taddeo, a young man of 18 whom everyone calls Kid, dreams of becoming one of the regulars of the mythical Margherita Café,...