The best Francesco Scianna’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Francesco Scianna’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 Scianna.
Ben-Hur
5.7/10
A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him.
Mary Magdalene
5.9/10
In the first century, free-spirited Mary Magdalene flees the marriage her family has arranged for her, finding refuge and a sense of purpose in a radical new movement led by the charismatic, rabble-rousing preacher named Jesus.
Baarìa
6.9/10
Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (known as Baarìa in the local Sicilian dialect), from the 1930s to the 1980s, to tell the story of the loves, dreams and delusions of an unusual community.
Angel of Evil
6.8/10
Set in Italy in the 1970s, VALLANZASCA is the true story of the Italian underworld’s most infamous outlaw. A criminal by age 9, Renato Vallanzasca grew up to become the country’s most notorious mobster before the age of 27. Vallanzasca and his gang wrested control of the Milan underworld with a string of high profile robberies, kidnappings and murders. In the process, he captivated the public and earned the nickname ‘il bel Renè’ – for his devilish charm and handsome face. Arrested multiple times, his daring escapes from prison enraged the government, angered his rivals and fed his legend.
Florence Fight Club
5.1/10
Intertwined stories from the gladiator/athletes participating to the Calcio Storico Fiorentino yearly championship.
Latin Lover
6/10
The five daughters of a famous actor, all from different mothers and different nationalities, get together on the 10th anniversary of his death for a celebration of his career.
The Price of Desire
5.1/10
Irish architect and furniture designer Eileen Gray (1878–1976) was a leading light in the modern design movement. This graceful portrayal of her later life and work in France focusses on the triangle of tension between Gray (Orla Brady), her lover Badovici (Francesco Scianna) and Le Corbusier (Vincent Perez). Alanis Morrissette also features as chanteuse Marisa Damia, Gray’s other lover, with Dominique Pinon (Delicatessen, Amélie) as artist Fernand Léger.
Fasten Your Seatbelts
6.5/10
Elena and Antonio seem not to be made for each other. They are too different in terms of character, life choices, worldview, and the way they relate to others. They are total opposites. However, they are overwhelmed by a mutual attraction they're trying hard to avoid; but to which they succumb to.
The Entrepreneur
6.1/10
Beware the Gorilla
5.1/10
Lorenzo is a lawyer who files a lawsuit against the zoo of his town but after winning it he has to take home a gorilla.
The Best Day of My Life
6.9/10
The Best Day of My Life is the story of a dysfunctional family as seen through the eyes of young Chiara (Maria Luisa De Crescenzo) who is about to receive her first communion. The family includes matriarch Irene (Virna Lisi) and her three grown up children.
Milionari
5.9/10
The rise and fall of a Neapolitan crime syndicate through the story of a local boss, split between the aspiration for a middle-class life with his family and the deep impulses of the "malavita".
Like the Wind
6.2/10
The last few years in the life of Armida Miserere, female jail director who committed suicide
La stagione della caccia
7.1/10
Vigàta, Sicily, Italy, 1880. Shortly after the return to the village of Fofò La Matina, pharmacist and son of the late Santo La Matina, jealous guardian of the secrets of certain miraculous plants, the noble Peluso family is ravaged by a series of mysterious deaths…
Ti amo troppo per dirtelo
5.8/10
Itaker
6.2/10
2012 Italian drama; title is German slang for "Wop"
L'uomo di vetro
6.7/10
Maltese
In Sicily during the seventies the police chief Maltese finds himself entangled in an investigation that will uncover the widespread influence of Mafia in the area and expose the archaic roots which nurtured it.
She Was Here
