Gigio Morra — Actor (10)
A Brighter Tomorrow (2023) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
Il sol dell'avvenire
director: Nanni Moretti actor: Nanni Moretti / Margherita Buy
other title: Il sol dell'avvenire / Das Beste liegt noch vor uns
An old film director, unhappy with the movie he's shooting about a Hungarian circus stranded in Rome during the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising, faces divorce from his producer wife and other problems.
Gomorrah (2008) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Gomorra
director: Matteo Garrone actor: Toni Servillo / Gianfelice Imparato
other title: Gomorra / Gomorrha - Reise in das Reich der Camorra
An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have to face every day. They hardly ever have a choice and are forced to obey the rules of the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a normal life.
Breaking Up in Rome (2021) [Movie] TMDB
Lasciarsi un giorno a Roma
director: Edoardo Leo actor: Edoardo Leo / Marta Nieto
other title: Lasciarsi un giorno a Roma
Aspiring writer Tommaso makes a living by penning the self-help column of a women's magazine. One day he receives a letter from a reader asking for advice on how to break up with her man: it is none other than Zoe, his partner of ten years, unaware of his pseudonymous side job. Tommaso can't believe his eyes and answers her in private to learn more.
The Dust of Naples (1998) [Movie] TMDB
Polvere di Napoli
director: Antonio Capuano actor: Silvio Orlando / Tonino Taiuti
other title: Polvere di Napoli
The title deliberatly recalls the famous L'oro di Napoli (Napoli's Gold) by Vittorio De Sica (1954). Alike De Sica's film here Naples is the real protagonist: Naples and its dust, not its gold. Through five episodes expressing different aspects of Naples, we have a picture of the town that doesn't belong to the postcard stereotypes...
The King of Laughter (2021) [Movie] TMDB
Qui rido io
director: Mario Martone actor: Toni Servillo / Maria Nazionale
other title: Qui rido io / O Rei do Riso
In early 20th-century Naples, a theatrical parody lands beloved thespian and playwright Eduardo Scarpetta in court, facing a malicious lawsuit that could compromise his freedom of expression and the economic security of his extended family—including his son's, young Eduardo De Filippo.
Welcome Mr. President! (2013) [Movie] TMDB
Benvenuto Presidente!
director: Riccardo Milani actor: Claudio Bisio / Kasia Smutniak
other title: Benvenuto Presidente! / Velkommen, hr. præsident!
In a small mountain village lives a man with a challenging name, Giuseppe Garibaldi (one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland"), but everybody call him with the nickname Peppino. Love fishing, the company of friends, the library where he works as a precarious employee. He is an optimistic person even if his child accuse him of being a wannabe. One day, due to a mess of politicians, an amazing thing happens: Peppino is mistakenly elected President of the Italian Republic. Pulled out from his quiet life, is to play a role for which he knows he is obviously inappropriate, but his common sense and his instinctive gestures are incredibly effective, except for the etiquette, for which he is in trouble. The inflexible and fascinating Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, Janis Clementi, is anxious to no avail in an attempt to regulate the unpredictable actions of the President...
Welcome Back Mr. President (2019) [Movie] TMDB
Bentornato Presidente
director: Giuseppe G. Stasi / Giancarlo Fontana actor: Claudio Bisio / Sarah Felberbaum
other title: Bentornato Presidente
Peppino, a provincial librarian who became the accidental President of Italy, is now a father and has returned to a peaceful, happy life as a woodsman. That is, until his wife Janis decides to return to politics. Peppino is forced to abandon his home in the mountains and return to Rome to win back his love and help her defeat a speculative plot intended to damage Italy. Together, they must fight against social media attacks of the opposition and get the country back on its feet.
Sweet Dreams (1981) [Movie] TMDB
Sogni d'oro
director: Nanni Moretti actor: Nanni Moretti / Nicola Di Pinto
other title: Sogni d'oro / Sonhos de ouro
Michele criticizes the film industry and its inhabitants, and is particularly embattled with a Neapolitan director making a musical about the 1968 student demonstrations. At the same time, Michele has a creative block and struggles to finish his film titled "Freud’s Mother." Nanni Moretti’s self-inquiry into filmmaking, political ennui, and men’s relations with their mothers.
Omicidio all'italiana (2017) [Movie] TMDB
Omicidio all'italiana
director: Maccio Capatonda actor: Maccio Capatonda / Herbert Ballerina
Uno strano omicidio sconvolge la vita sempre uguale di Acitrullo, sperduta località dell'entroterra abruzzese. Quale occasione migliore per il sindaco e il suo vice per far uscire dall'anonimato il paesino? Oltre alle forze dell'ordine infatti, accorrerà sul posto una troupe del famigerato programma televisivo "Chi l'acciso?", condotto da Donatella Spruzzone. Grazie alla trasmissione e all'astuzia del sindaco, Acitrullo diventerà in men che non si dica famosa come e ancor più di Cogne! Ma sarà un efferato crimine o un... omicidio a luci grosse??
Dormant Beauty (2012) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Bella addormentata
director: Marco Bellocchio actor: Isabelle Huppert / Alba Rohrwacher
other title: Bella addormentata / La Belle Endormie
A mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who spent 17 years in a vegetative state.