The best Francesco Salvi’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Francesco Salvi’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Francesco Salvi.
The Music of Silence
6.6/10
Born with a serious eye condition that eventually leads to his blindness, Bocelli nevertheless rises above the challenges, driven by great ambitions towards his passion. The silent pursuit of his daily mission continues.
10th & Wolf
6.3/10
A former street tough returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
Saint Philip Neri I Prefer Heaven
7.9/10
An epic feature film on the famous "Apostle of Rome" and great friend of youth in the 16th century. One of the most popular saints of all time, St. Philip Neri was widely known for his great charity, deep prayer life, and tremendous humor. Hoping to join St. Ignatius of Loyola's new order of Jesuits and be a missionary to India, Philip was instead guided by Providence to seek out the poor and abandoned youth of Rome to catechize them in the faith and help them find a better life. He became the founder of the religious congregation, the Oratory, that worked with the youth and also labored to re-evangelize a decadent Rome.
School of Thieves
5.8/10
Frenetic in its pacing and with miniscule character development, this trite slapstick farce stars three Italian comics - Paolo Villaggio, Lino Banfi, and Massimo Boldi as the idiot-nephews of a wealthy invalid (Enrico Maria Salerno). The uncle's plan is to teach the trio how to successfully steal for a living but the plan does not have a chance against their exaggerated ineptitude.
Attila flagello di Dio
6.4/10
The misadventures of Attila and his band of barbarians as they take up arms against the Roman Empire in their native Milano
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
7.2/10
On December 12, 1969, a bomb kills 17 people and injures many more at a major national bank in Milan, marking the beginning of the Years of Lead. Local anarchists are scapegoated for the massacre by police and the media, but an investigator uncovers a larger subversive project made of far-right fringe groups, corrupt secret services, and other interests that seek to undermine democracy.
Fracchia The Human Beast
6.7/10
The world's greatest criminal and the world greatest loser share the same face... now they'll share the same life!
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
6.7/10
The Tulse Luper Suitcases reconstructs the life of Tulse Luper, a professional writer and project-maker, caught up in a life of prisons. He was born in 1911 in Newport, South Wales and presumably last heard of in 1989. His life is reconstructed from the evidence of 92 suitcases found around the world - 92 being the atomic number of the element Uranium. The project includes three feature films, a TV series, 92 DVDs, CD-ROMs, and books.
All the Moron's Men
5.8/10
Leone Stella is a videogame billionaire who has lived an exciting life. Feeling close to death, he wants to leave the company to someone named as him, a man Leone Stella or a woman Stella Leone. A big number of contestants gather for a competition where they have to redo some of the adventures of the old man, the winner being the heir of the billionaire.
Bartali: The Iron Man
7.2/10
TV Miniseries (2 episodes) about life and rivalry of italian bikers Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi.
Stormtroopers II
3.6/10
A group of misfits form an army in an absurd war.
Mal'aria
7/10
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
7/10
The Tulse Luper Suitcases reconstructs the life of Tulse Luper, a professional writer and project-maker, caught up in a life of prisons. He was born in 1911 in Newport, South Wales and presumably last heard of in 1989. His life is reconstructed from the evidence of 92 suitcases found around the world - 92 being the atomic number of the element Uranium. The project includes three feature films, a TV series, 92 DVDs, CD-ROMs, and books.
Miracoloni
5.6/10
Pane e libertà
7.4/10
The sun inside
6.3/10
Yaguine and Fodé, two teenagers from African Guinea, wrote a letter to the "European Parliament great leaders", on behalf of all children and teens in Africa, where they ask for help with food, health and education. With their letter, they sneak inside the Conakry airport, and hide within the landing gear of a jetliner directed to Bruxelles. Ten years later, thirteen years old Thabo embarks with his friend Rocco, from Bari, on an epic trip to return to his own African village of 'Ndula, escaping from a ruthless italian gang, exploiting baby footbal players.
The Three Musketeers
6.5/10
I'm Going to Live by Myself
5.7/10
Giacomino, tired of living at home with his parents, goes to his own place, but his neighbour, mr. Giuseppe, convinces himself to teach Giacomino about sex...
The Odyssey
6.8/10
An Italian made for television musical comedy.
Vogliamoci troppo bene
6.5/10
