Films like Bellissima
Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daughter to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star. She is ready to sacrifice anything for little Maria.
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Finally Dawn
Film · 2024 · also dramaA young Roman woman during the 1950s is on the verge of becoming engaged to a man. She goes to Cinecittà to do an audition as an extra and is thrust into this almost infi...
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My Tennis Maestro
Film · 2025 · also dramaItaly, 1989. After years of hard training, 13-year-old Felice, carrying his father's expectations on his shoulders, finally sets out to compete in the national tennis tou...
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L'immensità
Film · 2022 · also dramaClara and Felice struggle to raise their three children in 1970s Rome. The eldest, Andrea, is transgender and yearns for another life where he gets to live as the boy he...
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Mia Madre
Film · 2015 · also dramaMargherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.
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The Children's Train
Film · 2024 · also dramaIn late 1940s Italy, a mother makes the difficult decision to send her son to the north, where he catches glimpses of a new life away from poverty.
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The Goddess of Fortune
Film · 2019 · also dramaAlessandro and Arturo have been together for over 15 years and, despite the feeling they still have for each other, their relationship is now at crisis. When Alessandro’s...
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The Way We Laughed
Film · 1998 · also dramaStudying to become a teacher in 1950s Northern Italy, Sicilian immigrant Pietro is joined by his big brother Giovanni. Pietro shows considerable promise in his field, pro...
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Small Body
Film · 2022 · also dramaA young woman in early-1900s Italy searches for a mystical sanctuary where her stillborn child can be brought back to life long enough to be baptized.
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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Film · 1972 · also dramaMiddle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an eleg...
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A Daughter
Film · 2025 · also dramaA middle-aged man, Pietro, becomes a widower and must take care of his daughter. He will never have the time to delve into his own pain, committing himself to raising his...
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