Roberto Perpignani Movies

The shady side of an Italian textile trade in northern Germany is the subject of this slow-paced but atmospheric drama featuring Alberto Sordi as...

How Sweet it is to Die Murdered (Quanto è bello lu murire acciso) is an Italian historical film written and directed by Ennio Lorenzini and...

Tommaso, a young boy growing up in a big family in the country often spies on cousin Marta. Then she marries and moves away. The film then following...

A deep dive into Glauber Rocha's years exiled in Italy in the 70s. Through a collection of interviews and archives, the movie shows the making of his...

The life of a dying young man at the short age of only forty-one after playing the lead in Il postino. He was a brilliant stage actor before becoming...

A pair of working class lovers - a secretary and an accountant, scheme to marry into the rich landed gentry.

The rise and fall of a revolutionary cooperative movement established in a large private farm in Ribatejo, Portugal, from March to December 1975...

A David di Donatello-winning short film about a junkyard keeper, in love with the portrait of the Mona Lisa, who is charged with teaching a young...

Inspired by the experiences of some small southern Italian municipalities which chose to integrate a set of Kurdish refugees into the dwindling...

Mr. Rossi lives in a small town. He works in a large financial company and is considered to be rather original and eccentric by his colleagues...

Documentary filmed during the 1965 International Jazz Festival in Bologna, featuring appearances by musicians such as Gato Barbieri, Don Cherry, and...

This is the story about Henry who fails in his marriage. He also feels unsuccessful in the role as the father of his daughter Susanne. Shortly...

A self-conscious young man keeps passing out while meeting his girlfriend's crass and abrasive family, blurring the line between nightmares and...

Based on a book by Juan Carlo Onetti, the film tells the story of Ossario, a hunted revolutionary leader who sees his comrades die one after another.

A documentary about director Luca Ronconi. He is asked about his life and his choice to devote himself to theater and in particular, at that precise...

Also known as “Letter from Venice,” Susan Sontag’s fourth and final film tells of a relationship that is fragmenting as the...