Cinematography: Pasquale Rachini

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Pasquale Rachini. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Christmas Present

1986 · Movie · 101 min. · Italy

6.9

53 votes

6.9

53 votes

The House With Laughing Windows

1976 · Movie · 110 min. · Italy

Direction Pupi Avati

Cast Lino Capolicchio · Francesca Marciano · Gianni Cavina · Giulio Pizzirani

Plot Stefano, a young restorer is commissioned to save a fresco representing the suffering of St. Sebastiano. The fresco painter was Legnani, and the fresco is his last work. Legnani apparently...

6.4

428 votes

6.4

428 votes

Christmas Rematch

2004 · Movie · 99 min. · Italy

Direction Pupi Avati

Cast Diego Abatantuono · Gianni Cavina · Carlo Delle Piane · George Eastman

Plot 17 years after Regalo di Natale the same 5 players for a new challange. Who can trust who?

6.3

24 votes

6.3

24 votes

Giovanna's Father

2008 · Movie · 105 min. · Italy

Direction Pupi Avati

Cast Silvio Orlando · Francesca Neri · Ezio Greggio · Alba Rohrwacher

Plot Bologna 1938. Michele Casali has a serious problem. His only daughter, Giovanna, has just killed her best friend in a bout of jealousy. The girl, who is still an adolescent,...

6.3

143 votes

6.3

143 votes

6.2

319 votes

La seconda notte di nozze

2005 · Movie · 99 min. · Italy

5.9

169 votes

5.9

169 votes

A Second Childhood

2010 · Movie · 96 min. · Italy

Direction Pupi Avati

Cast Fabrizio Bentivoglio · Francesca Neri · Serena Grandi · Gianni Cavina

Plot Lino Settembre and his wife Chicca lead a tranquil married life without any serious problems. They are satisfied with their careers. He's the sports editor at the Messenger and she's...

5.7

44 votes

5.7

44 votes

The Big Heart of Girls

2011 · Movie · 85 min. · Italy

Direction Pupi Avati

Cast Micaela Ramazzotti · Cesare Cremonini · Isabelle Adriani · Gisella Sofio

Plot A respectable girl decides to marry an irresponsible man.

5.5

27 votes

5.5

27 votes

The Friends at the Margherita Cafe

2009 · Movie · 90 min. · Italy

5.3

76 votes

5.3

76 votes

The Best Man

1997 · Movie · 100 min. · Italy

Direction Pupi Avati

Cast Diego Abatantuono · Inés Sastre · Dario Cantarelli · Cinzia Mascoli

Plot Incredibly, the bride at the altar falls in love with the best man on first sight, and even though he makes efforts to avoid her infatuation with him, she is...

5.2

41 votes

5.2

41 votes

Seeking Asylum

1979 · Movie · 110 min. · Italy

Direction Marco Ferreri

Cast Roberto Benigni · Dominique Laffin · Chiara Moretti · Carlo Monni

Plot Roberto has a new job as the teacher at a nursery school. The first child he meets is Gianluigi, who's mute. Roberto is spirited, bringing a TV into class, then...

5.2

79 votes

5.2

79 votes

The Youngest Son

2010 · Movie · 100 min. · Italy

5.0

23 votes

5.0

23 votes

A Dinner for Them to Meet

2007 · Movie · min. · Italy

4.7

47 votes

4.7

47 votes

La compagna di banco

1977 · Movie · 81 min. · Italy

Direction Mariano Laurenti

Cast Lilli Carati · Gianfranco D'Angelo · Alvaro Vitali · Antonio Melidoni

Plot Lilli Carati plays a high school student being pursued by a very persistent young man in this Italian sex-comedy.

2.7

75 votes

2.7

75 votes

Noi tre

1984 · Movie · 88 min. · Italy

Direction Pupi Avati

Cast Cristopher Davidson · Lino Capolicchio · Gianni Cavina · Carlo Delle Piane

Plot Young W.A. Mozart is hosted in a villa near Bologna, where he has to graduate. There he gets in touch with "normal" boys, falls in love for the first time...

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Si salvi chi vuole

1980 · Movie · 94 min. · Italy

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A School Outing

1983 · Movie · 90 min. · Italy

Direction Pupi Avati

Cast Carlo Delle Piane · Tiziana Pini · Rossana Casale · Cesare Barbetti

Plot Italy, 1914. Two teachers take their pupils for a school outing from Bologna to Florence.

Not rated

Not rated

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Polvere di Napoli

1998 · Movie · 100 min. · Italy

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Not rated