Roberto De Francesco

Roberto De Francesco

Born: March 2, 1964
in Caserta, Italy

Movies for Roberto De Francesco...

Volare
Title: Volare
Character: Giovanni
Released: February 22, 2024
Type: Movie
One day, Annabì decides it’s enough. Her whole life has been affected by her fear of flying and so has her career. She is a successful actress but has turned down many roles abroad because flying is an insurmountable obstacle for her. Now, her daughter Serena has decided to study in California. Obsessed with the idea of not being a good mother, Annabì forces herself to cross the dreaded threshold of Fiumicino airport and to head to a secluded area where a course will take place. Other mysterious travelers are heading to the same place, all of them with their own baggage of fears and willing to overcome their aerophobia.
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Un'altra Italia era possibile - Il cinema di Giuseppe De Santis
Title: Un'altra Italia era possibile - Il cinema di Giuseppe De Santis
Character: Self
Released: September 7, 2023
Type: Movie
The documentary aims to tell the story of a director who managed to capture the attention of the whole world and, due to his political and aesthetic coherence, was able to work much less than he deserved. It's the story of a film professor who earned the gratitude and affection of all his students. The tale of a cinephile who successfully combined social and civic commitment with a spectacular talent worthy of Hollywood.
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Tutto per mio figlio
Title: Tutto per mio figlio
Released: November 7, 2022
Type: Movie
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Title: Solo per passione - Letizia Battaglia fotografa
Character: Francesco Corrao
Released: May 22, 2022
Type: TV
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The Inner Cage
Title: The Inner Cage
Character: Buonocore
Released: October 14, 2021
Type: Movie
A prison drama where an old mobster and a prison guard must find a way to coexist so that imprisonment can become less so, and perhaps reveal the paradox that is behind the very concept of captivity.
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The King of Laughter
Title: The King of Laughter
Character: Salvatore Di Giacomo
Released: September 9, 2021
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Luna Nera
Character: Sua Eminenza
Released: January 31, 2020
Type: TV
In 17th-century Italy, a teenager learns about her destiny among a family of witches, just as her boyfriend's father hunts her down for witchcraft.
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Hammamet
Title: Hammamet
Character: Il medico della clinica psichiatrica
Released: January 9, 2020
Type: Movie
The last years of Bettino Craxi, one of the most important and controversial italian leader of the 1980's.
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The Mayor of Rione Sanità
Title: The Mayor of Rione Sanità
Character: Fabio Della Ragione
Released: September 30, 2019
Type: Movie
Antonio Barracano is a respected man among the Neapolitan underworld, keeping order and administering justice according to his own criteria, beyond the law. One day he's faced with a dilemma after a young man asks him permission to kill his father.
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Capri-Revolution
Title: Capri-Revolution
Character: Man with bird
Released: December 13, 2018
Type: Movie
In 1914, with Italy on the cusp of joining World War I, a group of foreign artists establishes a commune on the rural island of Capri, catching the attention of young Lucia, a local illiterate shepherdess who soon falls under their spell.
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Loro
Title: Loro
Character: Fabrizio Sala
Released: September 13, 2018
Type: Movie
Internationally released Director's Cut of "Loro 1" and "Loro 2", which were released separately as two movies in Italy. The film talks about the group of businessmen and politicians – the Loro (Them) from the title – who live and act near to media tycoon and politician Silvio Berlusconi in the years between 2006 and 2009.
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Loro 2
Title: Loro 2
Character: Fabrizio Sala
Released: May 10, 2018
Type: Movie
"Loro", in two parts, is a period movie that chronicles, as a fiction story, events likely happened in Italy (or even made up) between 2006 and 2010. "Loro" wants to suggest in portraits and glimps, through a composite constellation of characters, a moment in history, now definitively ended, which can be described in a very summary picture of the events as amoral, decadent but extraordinarily alive. Additionally, "Loro" wishes to tell the story of some Italians, fresh and ancient people at the same time: souls from a modern imaginary Purgatory who, moved by heterogeneous intents like ambition, admiration, affection, curiosity, personal interests, establish to try and orbit around the walking Paradise that is the man named Silvio Berlusconi.
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Title: The Miracle
Released: May 8, 2018
Type: TV
In Rome, a Virgin Mary statue is found crying blood. Pondering on the implications of the existence of miracles, and eventually, the existence of God, the people involved in the enigma start losing their minds.
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Loro 1
Title: Loro 1
Character: Fabrizio Sala
Released: April 24, 2018
Type: Movie
"Loro", in two parts, is a period movie that chronicles, as a fiction story, events likely happened in Italy (or even made up) between 2006 and 2010. "Loro" wants to suggest in portraits and glimps, through a composite constellation of characters, a moment in history, now definitively ended, which can be described in a very summary picture of the events as amoral, decadent but extraordinarily alive. Additionally, "Loro" wishes to tell the story of some Italians, fresh and ancient people at the same time: souls from a modern imaginary Purgatory who, moved by heterogeneous intents like ambition, admiration, affection, curiosity, personal interests, establish to try and orbit around the walking Paradise that is the man named Silvio Berlusconi.
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Il colore nascosto delle cose
Title: Il colore nascosto delle cose
Character: Superstore cab driver
Released: September 8, 2017
Type: Movie
Teo has a good job, a fiancee, a lover, no intention to assume any responsibility in his life. Meeting Emma, a blind woman, will upset his convictions.
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Mom or Dad?
Title: Mom or Dad?
Character: Federico
Released: February 14, 2017
Type: Movie
A divorced couple fights for the custody of their three children: neither of them wants it. Mom wants to leave them to dad, and vice versa.
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Pawn Street
Title: Pawn Street
Released: December 31, 2016
Type: Movie
In Torino, a bittersweet crowd is bringing its own belongings to a pawn shop, waiting for a ransom or the final auction. Between the thousands of faces that tell the human inventory of the crisis, three stories intertwine unconsciously in the thin line of moral debt. Sandra, a young trans, in order to escape her past sells her fur coat. Her gaze will cross Stefano’s, a novice who just started working at the bank, and who drags her towards a tender obsession. Michele, a retired porter, asks for a loan to a family member, who will turn out to be fatally the wrong person to ask a favour from.
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Sweet Dreams
Title: Sweet Dreams
Character: padre Baloo
Released: November 10, 2016
Type: Movie
Turin, 1969. Nine-year-old Massimo’s idyllic childhood is shattered by the mysterious death of his mother. The young boy refuses to accept this brutal loss, even if the priest says she is now in Heaven. Years later in the 90s, adult Massimo has become an accomplished journalist. After reporting on the war in Sarajevo, he begins to suffer from panic attacks. As he prepares to sell his parents’ apartment, Massimo is forced to relive his traumatic past. Compassionate doctor Elisa could help tormented Massimo open up and confront his childhood wounds…
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Title: Romanzo Siciliano
Character: Maggiore Antonio Navarra
Released: May 16, 2016
Type: TV
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Neve
Title: Neve
Released: December 11, 2014
Type: Movie
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La vita oscena
Title: La vita oscena
Character: Padre di Andrea
Released: April 28, 2014
Type: Movie
Based on the novel by Aldo Nove, this is the dramatic coming-of-age story of a boy who takes his experiences to the point of seeking death, only to be reborn. His favourite poet chose death, but he finds the strength to survive and tell about his “obscene life”.
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The Medicine Seller
Title: The Medicine Seller
Character: Dott. Foli
Released: November 15, 2013
Type: Movie
A farmaceutical salesman is involved in the spiral of corruption in the medical assistance of the welfare state system.
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Honey
Title: Honey
Character: Filippo
Released: May 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Irene, nicknamed 'Miele', has devote herself to people looking for help, and tries to alleviate their suffering even when they make extreme decisions. One day she has to cope with Grimaldi and his invisible malaise.
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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno
Title: Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno
Character: Don Antonio
Released: February 18, 2013
Type: Movie
A movie about Domenico Modugno, famous singer.
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Se sei così, ti dico sì
Title: Se sei così, ti dico sì
Character: Gustavo Bacelli
Released: April 15, 2011
Type: Movie
Piero Cicala is an adult singer who leads a modest life in the shadow of the only moment of glory lived in the eighties, thanks to a song that earned him a million records sold. Just when it seems that fame is definitively confined to the past, Piero receives the proposal to conduct a broadcast in Rome. Accepted the offer, he goes to the capital, where he will meet the famous Tatia Cortès, an irrepressible showgirl...
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We Have a Pope
Title: We Have a Pope
Character: attore
Released: April 15, 2011
Type: Movie
The newly elected Pope suffers a panic attack just as he is about to greet the faithful who have gathered to see him. His advisors, unable to convince him he is the right man for the job, call on a renowned therapist who also happens to be an atheist. But the Pope's fear of his newfound responsibility is one he must face alone. Winner Best Film at the Italian Golden Globes.
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We Believed
Title: We Believed
Character: Ludovico
Released: November 12, 2010
Type: Movie
1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary movements in Southern Italy, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's republican and unificationist cause. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the decades.
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Piano, Solo
Title: Piano, Solo
Character: Raffaele
Released: September 21, 2007
Type: Movie
A biopic of jazz pianist Luca Flores.
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Basta un niente
Title: Basta un niente
Character: Carlo
Released: March 31, 2006
Type: Movie
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Saturday, Sunday & Monday
Title: Saturday, Sunday & Monday
Character: Rocco Priore
Released: December 25, 2004
Type: Movie
Although this sounds like a weekend like many others, in the Prior house the atmosphere is rather tense because of some nervousness on the part of individual members of the family, especially the father, Peppino, who gets angry with anyone who happens to shoot: with their children, Juliana and Roberto, and his sister, aunt Meme. Meanwhile, his wife Rosa is dedicated to the preparation of the sauce, which she will serve for Sunday's lunch, to which she invited the neighbors, the accountant Ianniello and his wife.
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Nemmeno in un sogno
Title: Nemmeno in un sogno
Character: Eraclio
Released: September 20, 2002
Type: Movie
A shepherd from the mountains of a remote Asian region travels to Southern Italy, in love with what he saw on Italian television. There, he accidentally ends up in a holiday resort, where he's treated like a guest for a whole day, thus cementing his assumption that all the opulence and kindness he saw on TV were true.
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The Long Night
Title: The Long Night
Character: Manolo
Released: October 8, 2001
Type: Movie
The long night of Manolo, hairdresser to the stars, on the Champs Élysées during his first experience with cocaine. He goes to discos and seances, sees widowed baronesses and pushers, and finally manages to set up his moment of intimacy with Ariel Bachini, famous film star, but…
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One Man Up
Title: One Man Up
Character: Gigi Moscati
Released: August 31, 2001
Type: Movie
The story of two men, both named Antonio Pisapia, who are on the decline and lead strangely parallel lives. One is a pop singer whose success ends after a sex scandal; the other is a football player whose career is cut short by an injury.
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The Son's Room
Title: The Son's Room
Character: Record Store Clerk
Released: March 9, 2001
Type: Movie
A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident.
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Appassionate
Title: Appassionate
Released: September 3, 1999
Type: Movie
Pina was born in Portugal but now lives in poor circumstances in Naples. Pina has two daughters, Rosa, who has been wearing a wedding dress since she was left stranded at the altar several years ago, and Caterina, who murdered a man who wronged her as he left the church following his wedding. Caterina winds up in prison alongside Maddalena, a prostitute who witnessed the murder and was inspired to kill a man in her own life who had hurt her. The incidents from these women's lives are interspersed with another story, set in 1929 and filmed in black-and-white, about a man who shoots his wife in a movie theater and must run to avoid the police.
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Pugni nell'aria
Title: Pugni nell'aria
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
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Rehearsals for War
Title: Rehearsals for War
Character: Diego
Released: April 29, 1998
Type: Movie
A group of actors meet with little money in a unofficial theatre in Naples' Spanish Boroughs. Director's plan is to travel to Sarajevo, still under siege, to stage a classic Eschilus' play about civil war in Tebe. While they rehearse in the theatre cast members come and go and another kind of war goes on every day in nearby streets of old Naples.
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Notes of Love
Title: Notes of Love
Character: Psychiatrist
Released: April 17, 1998
Type: Movie
A woman suffering from compulsive-type psychological problems falls for an older divorced neighbour. Will her love be returned? A slow story of confusion and loneliness.
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Cinque giorni di tempesta
Title: Cinque giorni di tempesta
Released: September 2, 1997
Type: Movie
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Hotel Paura
Title: Hotel Paura
Character: Pasquale
Released: October 4, 1996
Type: Movie
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Bits & Pieces
Title: Bits & Pieces
Released: February 2, 1996
Type: Movie
Dive into the Eternal City – see Rome like you’ve never seen it before. Storefront robberies, bizarre murders, career dreamers, and cameos from Italy's foremost directors and actors feature in this star-studded omnibus tale about life and love.
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The Second Time
Title: The Second Time
Character: Enrico
Released: October 26, 1995
Type: Movie
A convicted terrorist out on parole meets the man she nearly killed 15 years before without recognizing him. He does so but decides to keep quiet and starts to spend time with her — desperate to know the motivation behind her violent acts.
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L'estate di Bobby Charlton
Title: L'estate di Bobby Charlton
Character: Enrico
Released: March 9, 1995
Type: Movie
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Little Horrors
Title: Little Horrors
Released: May 13, 1994
Type: Movie
A woman in her flooded kitchen thinks of Ophelia and death by drowning. A nun wonders about her vocation. A girl, dumb by choice, walks around in Naples. A ballerina in a wheelchair. Three youths around a bonfire in a little island. A man secluded in a tower waiting for the end of the world. And many other stories.
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Nessuno
Title: Nessuno
Character: Nico
Released: October 29, 1992
Type: Movie
A young man gradually retreats from reality after his mother falls into a coma.
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Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
Title: Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
Character: Leonardo
Released: September 8, 1992
Type: Movie
Naples, 1959. Pure Mathematics professor Renato Caccioppoli, Bakunin's grandson, is a tortured soul. Recently discharged from the psychiatric hospital, left by his wife, and increasingly disillusioned with academia and the Communist Party, he lives his last days with painful detachment.
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Ladri di futuro
Title: Ladri di futuro
Character: Andrea
Released: April 17, 1992
Type: Movie
Everyday people, everyday stories. Normal, therefore special. They crave for a tomorrow what they haven't got today: the man or the woman of their dreams, a child all of their own, the hope of making it... The only thing they all have in common is the place where they live.
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The Yes Man
Title: The Yes Man
Character: Zollo
Released: April 5, 1991
Type: Movie
Cesare Botero, an ambitious and corrupt young minister, hires a new spokesman, honest and polite high school professor Luciano Sandulli.
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Il mistero di Rosa
Title: Il mistero di Rosa
Character: Il presidente
Released: January 7, 1991
Type: Movie
Viterbo, 1250. Rosa is a young girl who, after a night vision, begins to preach the words of St. Francis in the streets. One day she is sent into exile. Short in a medieval setting, between ancient villages and naturalistic locations, focused on power conflicts: political, religious and gender.
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Una fredda mattina di maggio
Title: Una fredda mattina di maggio
Character: Simone
Released: November 29, 1990
Type: Movie
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Traces of an Amorous Life
Title: Traces of an Amorous Life
Character: Luigi
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: Movie
What is love? In how many forms can it manifest itself? 14 short episodes about love, spanning generations of lovers...to answer.
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Evelina e i suoi figli
Title: Evelina e i suoi figli
Character: Giulio
Released: March 24, 1990
Type: Movie
Stefania Sandrelli is Evelina, a separated woman who lives with possessive teenage children. When you fall in love, problems arise.
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Nulla ci può fermare
Title: Nulla ci può fermare
Character: Nico
Released: October 1, 1989
Type: Movie
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Il grande Blek
Title: Il grande Blek
Character: Yuri
Released: May 8, 1987
Type: Movie
Waiting for the train that will take him away, a man goes back over moments of his small-town upbringing: the relationship with his family, his involvement in the protests of 1968 and a childhood friend died too soon.
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Prologo a Ritorno ad Alphaville
Title: Prologo a Ritorno ad Alphaville
Released: September 10, 1986
Type: Movie
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Il peso esatto del vuoto
Title: Il peso esatto del vuoto
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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Iddu
Title: Iddu
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A feature film that is loosely based on a specific period in the life of Matteo Messina Denaro. Set in the 90s and tracks the tragic and farcical mystery of his prolonged absence; a world where risks and existential crises never yield the expected results.
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L’orto americano
Title: L’orto americano
Character: Emilio Zagotto
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie