Francesca Archibugi — Director (15)

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With Closed Eyes (1994)
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other title: Les Yeux fermés / Con los ojos cerrados …
In the Tuscan countryside at the end of the 19th century, Pietro, the shy son of a tyrannical landowner, falls in love with Ghisola, a peasant girl with no family. His father has her sent away. Years later, the two meet again: still in love with her, Pietro would like to marry her, but she has become the mistress of a married man.

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Shooting the Moon (1998)
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other title: L'Albero delle pere / 梨树 …
14-year-old Siddharta, wise beyond his age, has to deal every day with his heroin-addict mother Silvia and an absent father. One day, his four-year-old sister Domitilla accidentally pricks her finger on one of Silvia's used needles without her noticing. Seeking advice on the Internet, Siddharta is told to have her tested for hepatitis and AIDS. Thus he embarks on a odyssey of medical bureaucracy and both kind and uncaring adults.

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Towards Evening (1990)
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other title: 黄昏に瞳やさしく / Am Ende des Tages …
Italy, 1977. Professor Bruschi is a retired widower who lives according to a strict routine he set for himself. An ardent old-style communist, he has always been at odds with the unconventional lifestyle led by his son and his hippieish girlfriend Stella. When their four-year-old daughter is left in his care out of the blue after the two break up, the old professor becomes a sort of father figure to the girl, growing fond of her. However he's once again challenged when Stella also arrives for a stay in his elegant villa, reclaiming custody of her daughter.

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Mignon Has Left (1988)
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other title: Die französische Cousine / Mignon est partie …
With her father on trial, 15-year-old Mignon leaves Paris to stay with her Italian relatives. The rather prim, snooty teen at first struggles to fit in with the more earthy Forbicioni family, each with their own problems. Eventually she bonds with her lovestruck little cousin Giorgio—who'll learn important life lessons over the course of his summer with Mignon.

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Renzo e Lucia (TV) (2004)
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other title: Renzo e Lucia
据说是意大利版的崔斯坦和伊索德。 義大利文學著名的一對情人 ,( Renzo 和 Lucia ) 他們的戀情遭到強力的考驗與破壞 . 溫柔純樸的 Lucia 拒絕王子的一番心意 , 不料竟使她們的村莊發生意外 , 卻也因此把這名平凡女子 , 帶入 神的殿堂 . 高貴的王子 始終一往情深 , 卻不瞭解 Lucia 為何拒絕 . Lucia 以堅毅的行動 , 終究能否保守她純真的愛情 ? 劇情精彩 , 不似一般文藝愛情唯美浪漫 , 但更令人動容 印象深刻 .

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The Hummingbird (2022)
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other title: 蜂鸟 / Il colibrì …
Everyone in Marco's life seems constantly restless, from his brilliant but unhappily married parents to his own wife Marina, or even Luisa, the real love of his life, a girl he met during a fateful summer in the '70s and always stayed in touch with. Tragedy and fate seem to haunt him, yet he somehow manages never to get ensnared in the chaos—like his namesake, “the hummingbird”, he focuses all his energy at standing still.

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Couch Potatoes (2017)
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other title: 躺着的人们 / gli sdraiati …
Giorgio and Tito, father and son. A successful journalist and a lazy teenager apparently impossible to understand. Giorgio's dream is to take Tito to the Nasca Hill in Liguria, but Tito prefers to spend his entire day with his group of friends, eating, talking about nothing and playing video games. Until one day when he suddenly informs his father that he would join him in this trip. After a series of accidents and misunderstandings, at the end, somehow father and son will find the way to communicate … or at least they will try.

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A Matter of Heart (2009)
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弗兰切斯卡·阿尔基布吉 actor: 安东尼奥·阿尔巴内斯 / 吉姆·罗斯·斯图尔特 …
other title: 运气 / Una Questione di cuore …
Garage owner Angelo and big-time film producer Alberto find themselves occupying neighbouring beds in a Rome hospital after suffering heart attacks. Alberto is a gregarious joker - and chain smoker - who has a strong effect on the impressionable Angelo. However, as one of the men's condition deteriorates, the other becomes more deeply involved in his personal life.

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An Italian Name (2015)
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弗兰切斯卡·阿尔基布吉 actor: 亚历山德罗·加斯曼 / 米卡埃拉·拉马佐蒂 …
other title: 为儿取名 / Il nome del figlio …
Paolo is an outgoing and handsome real estate broker married to Simona, a beautiful woman from the rough outskirts of Rome who has become an author of spicy bestsellers and is pregnant with their child. Betta, Paolo’s sister and her husband Sandro organise a dinner party with Paolo, Simona and their childhood friend, the eccentric musician Claudio. During the lively gathering Paolo reveals what he would like to name his son, causing reactions to steam up and a torrent of revelations to follow reaching climactic proportions.