Direction: Francesca Archibugi

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Francesca Archibugi. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Great Pumpkin

1993 · Movie · 95 min. · Italy

Direction Francesca Archibugi

Cast Sergio Castellitto · Gigi Reder · Laura Betti · Anna Galiena

Synopsis After many years of medical treatment Valentina, apparently an epileptic girl, has been sent to a psychiatric clinic. Here she finds Arturo, a young psychiatrist, who notwithstanding his problematic personal life and the Italian Public Health Service's overwhelming inefficiencies, is...

6.8

35 votes

6.8

35 votes

Towards Evening

1990 · Movie · 99 min. · Italy

6.6

66 votes

6.6

66 votes

A Stroke of Luck

2009 · Movie · 104 min. · Italy

Direction Francesca Archibugi

Cast Antonio Albanese · Kim Rossi Stuart · Micaela Ramazzotti · Francesca Inaudi

Synopsis Angelo and Alberto should have never met. The first is a solid family man and the other is more of a loner, a successful writer, a bit crazy, loudmouthed and clumsy. After having a heart attack the same night, they...

6.6

82 votes

6.6

82 votes

Mignon Has Come to Stay

1988 · Movie · 96 min. · Italy

Direction Francesca Archibugi

Cast Stefania Sandrelli · Jean-Pierre Duriez · Leonardo Ruta · Céline Beauvallet

Synopsis Giorgio (Leonardo Ruta) is infatuated with his pretty but pretentious 16-year-old cousin Mignon (Celine Beauvallet) in this light comedy. Mignon is the wealthy cousin from Paris who vacations in Italy during the summer. Giorgio falls for the aloof female while...

6.6

25 votes

6.6

25 votes

The Hummingbird

2022 · Movie · 126 min. · Italy

Direction Francesca Archibugi

Cast Pierfrancesco Favino · Kasia Smutniak · Bérénice Bejo · Nanni Moretti

Synopsis The film follows Marco Carrera (Favino) over the decades. From his Platonic love story with a woman named Luisa Lattes (Bejo). However, Marco will end up marriage with another woman named Marina (Smutniak), with whom he will be a father...

6.2

102 votes

6.2

102 votes

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Shooting the Moon

1998 · Movie · 88 min. · Italy

Direction Francesca Archibugi

Cast Valeria Golino · Niccolò Senni · Francesca Di Giovanni · Sergio Rubini

Synopsis A little girl gets hurt by her mother's syringe. Her teenage half-brother tries to get her to get an HIV and hepatitis tests without their parents' knowledge, which causes more trouble.

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Giulia ha picchiato Filippo (S)

2012 · Documentary · 20 min. · Italy

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With Closed Eyes

1994 · Movie · 113 min. · Italy

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La Storia

2024 · Series · Italy

Direction Francesca Archibugi

Cast Jasmine Trinca · Valerio Mastandrea · Elio Germano · Asia Argento

Synopsis On an ordinary day in 1941, the widow Ida Ramundo, Nino's mother and secretly of Jewish origin, is raped by a German soldier. After the pain, the dismay and the shame, Ida discovers she is pregnant and, nine months later,...

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To Live

2019 · Movie · 103 min. · Italy

Direction Francesca Archibugi

Cast Micaela Ramazzotti · Adriano Giannini · Massimo Ghini · Marcello Fonte

Synopsis The term “family” comes from the Latin word, familia, for a group of household servants and slaves. Centuries later, our pater familias is Luca Attorre, a freelance journalist, a hack who struggles to get his features published in the papers....

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Tomorrow

2001 · Movie · 104 min. · Italy

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