Claudio Santamaria Movies

Inspired by the work of Italian underground comic book prodigy Andrea Pazienza, "Paz!" is a 24-hour slice of life of a group of university students...

It’s June 1st, 1970, and Pisa is the epicenter of the movement Lotta Continua. There are rumors of an imminent coup d’état, and...

Several actors are members of a amateur soccer team. They followed in their preparations for a particular audition and in their personal life. With...

A wealthy dentist who spends the weekend wargaming with friends provokes a dangerous reaction from his wife, who slips a real gun among the fake...

World War I, Italian north-eastern front after the 1917 bloody battles on the Altipiano. A group of soldiers face the difficulty of war in a story...

Ottone, a professional dog sitter who's uncertain about most things in life, asks an analyst if he made the right decision love-wise while recounting...

In 1994, Gianca and Nick, two twenty-year-olds from Bologna, met in Perugia during a workshop for young musicians at Umbria Jazz. Both dreamed of...

A detective suspects an unreported serial killer is preying on the population of a college town, luring in his victims through online video chats and...

Four physically disabled lowlifes plot the perfect heist, but things go south when each reveals an agenda of their own.

A farmaceutical salesman is involved in the spiral of corruption in the medical assistance of the welfare state system.

After she has been dumped by her boyfriend, Pauline allows her sister to take her to a palace on the Italian Riviera. Instead of savouring the...

In the film, the disabled children, empathizing with their director, will try to solve the anxieties and fears of well-known characters who turn to...

Matteo and Piterone, lifelong friends, try to pass their high school exams for the third time, but then Margherita arrives and love enters their...

Italy, 1980s. Three thugs stumble upon a remote, out-of-place hotel: a refuge at the edge of the world. But this isn't just their story. Because at...

Global politics in a fairytale nutshell: the eternal struggle between the ruling elite and the underclass, condemned to ignorance.

A pair of summer and winter weekends intertwine in a series of flashbacks involving five friends. Their dreams and expectations overlap with memories...

PIIGS is a documentary that challenges prevalent European budgetary policies and the austerity dogma. It does so by bringing in lesser-known facts...

Over the course of one long night, mountain roads crisscrossing wooded slopes become the scene of a series of gruesome murders, all committed by an...