Marco Turco

Director

July 28, 1960 (65 years)

Roma, Italy

Biography

No biography available.

Filmography

6.2

Other Times

Senator Merlin's battle for the abolition of houses of ill repute, told by the prostitute Maddalena through a letter. A story of redemption and female self-determination, in a historical context reconstructed with skill and accuracy.

7.2

Lamerica

Fiore, an Italian conman, arrives in post Communist Albania with Gino, his young apprentice, to set up a shoe factory that will never open. The con requires a native Albanian, so they designate Spiro, an impoverished and confused former political prisoner as chairman of the board. When Fiore returns to Italy to get government funds for the project, Spiro unexpectedly disappears and Gino sets out on a journey to find him. The search leads him to discover Spiro's tragic personal history and witness Albanian poverty firsthand.

6.8

Rino Gaetano - Ma il cielo è sempre più blu

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7.0

L'Oriana

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7.2

Open Doors

Tommaso Scalia is a man who commits three murders: he kills his superior who sacked him, the man who replaced him and his wife. He wants a quick trial and an early execution, but an earnest, principled assistant judge looks for a way to save the murderer from being shot, because he does not belive in capital punishment.

7.6

The Stolen Children

Antonio, a policeman (carabiniere), has an order to take two children (Rosetta and her brother Luciano) from Milan to Sicily to an orphanage. Their mother has been arrested for forcing Rosetta (11 years old) to work as a prostitute. First the relation between Antonio and the children is tough, but it relaxes so they become temporary friends.

6.6

L'Oriana

The life of Italian journalist and writer Oriana Fallaci.

6.7

Rino Gaetano - Ma il cielo è sempre più blu

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The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops

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8.1

Once Upon a Time the City of Fools

A biopic of Franco Basaglia, the Italian psychiatrist.

7.1

Questo è un uomo

1986. Following an accident during a mountain hike, Primo Levi is rescued by a man who is unaware of his history and does not even understand the meaning of the number tattooed on his arm. Faced with this situation, Levi feels the need, once again in his life, to recount his story and, with it, the tragedy of the Holocaust.

9.7

Excellent Cadavers

In the late-80s and early-90s, two prosecutors went after the mob in Sicily. Archival footage, gruesome photographs and new interviews are shown.

5.8

La straniera

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5.5

The Lost Generation

In the 1970s, Italy was flooded with heroin. Carlo Rivolta, one of the most attentive journalists of his generation, is among the first to talk about the phenomenon from the columns of a new newspaper, "Repubblica".

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