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As God Commands

As God Commands is based on the Strega Prize winning novel by Nicolò Ammaniti. It tells the story of Rino and Cristiano Zeda, father and son. They live in poverty, in the degradation and in the solitude of a desolate province of Northern Italy, bound by a powerful love. Quattroformaggi is their only friend. One…

Apnea

After a brilliant career as a fencer, Paul works as a sports journalist for a small newspaper. One day a close friend, Franz, is struck down by a heart attack. Paul decides to investigate his friend’s past and finds that his death hides secrets. Udine stands out as a location. We see the headquarters of…

Love, Lies And Soccer

The ball is in the middle, the referee's whistle blows, and an hour of battle follows. For seven friends this is the classic Thursday night: the amateur soccer match. They are on the pitch and their wives in the stands, on the field and in life, where more than one of them will have to…

The Girl by the Lake

Anna, a student and hockey player, is found dead by the shore of Lake Fusine. The mysterious murder is investigated by Commissioner Giovanni Sanzio, a family man with problems and personal tragedies. Little by little, the circle narrows and Sanzio reveals the mystery that surrounds the small mountain community. The film marks the encounter between…

Vajont. The Dam Of Dishonor

October 9, 1963. It’s a little past 10:30 at night when a huge landslide from the overhanging slope of Monte Toc (about 260 million square meters of rock) crashes into the new artificial basin created by the hydroelectric dam at Vajont. The result, caused by errors of human judgment, is dramatic: a wave 100 meters…

The Power Of The Past

Sergio, forty years old and writer of books for children, lives in ‘his’ completely ordered world. After the death of his father, a strange character bursts into his life overturning all his certainties and leaving him with unanswered questions. The director chose Trieste for its past and its history. What better place to represent…

Yesterday Once More

Mr. and Mrs. To are husband and wife, and a pair of professional thieves. Thanks to their talent they get rich easily and live a carefree life of luxury and splendor. Suddenly Mr. To asks for a divorce. Two years later, between one theft and the other, they find themselves in competition. Love will prevail.…

Different From Whom?

Piero is a young homosexual politician in love with Remo, with whom he lives. When he is a candidate in municipal elections he is teamed up with Adele, a moderate and conservative colleague. The relationship between the two quickly turns into a strong attraction. Remo finds himself to be the third wheel. Excited by the…

Dormant Beauty

The film is about the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, the young girl who had been in a vegetative state for 17 years due to a car accident. The ‘Englaro’ case arises when the family asks the court to stop the force-feeding of Eluana, which they considered an unnecessary, aggressive treatment.…

Black Feathers

The film tells the Italian public the story of a family from Carnia, the love of a girl for a soldier of the alpine regiment and, above all, the odyssey of some soldiers who, taken by surprise by the armistice of the eighth of September while in the mountains of Yugoslavia, return home in time…

A Farewell to Arms

The Hollywood producer David Oliver Selznick chose Friuli for this film, based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. Among the exceptional cast, is an outstanding Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio de Sica and Alberto Sordi. The film tells the story of Frederick Henry, a young American journalist wounded on the Italian front and admitted to…