Direction: Franco Piavoli
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Franco Piavoli. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
7.9
280 votes
7.7
277 votes
At the First Breath of Wind
2002 · Movie · 85 min. · Italy
Direction Franco Piavoli
Cast Alessandra Agosti · Primo Gaburri · Mariella Fabbris · Bianca Galeazzi
Plot Tells the tale of an August day in the Lombardy countrysides. A family, idle and preoccupied, sits around a table after a summer lunch. Each then proceeds with their afternoon...
7.2
243 votes
7.2
243 votes
Nostos: Il ritorno
1989 · Movie · 85 min. · Italy
Direction Franco Piavoli
Cast Christopher Holm · Branca de Camargo · Mariella Fabbris · Paola Agosti
7.2
207 votes
7.2
207 votes
Paesaggi e Figure (S)
2002 · Movie · 19 min. · Italy
Direction Franco Piavoli
Cast Alessandra Agosti · Primo Gaburri · Bianca Galeazzi
Plot A forerunner of Al Primo Soffio Di Vento. Using few words and gorgeous imagery, this is a poetic painting of a family, each in their own space on an August...
7.0
44 votes
7.0
44 votes
L'orto di Flora (S)
2009 · Documentary · 26 min. · Italy
Direction Franco Piavoli
Plot A medium-length film made by Franco Piavoli for Ermanno Olmi, which investigates the great theme of food and reckon with the fate of the planet.
7.0
43 votes
7.0
43 votes
Domenica sera (S)
1962 · Documentary · 12 min. · Italy
Direction Franco Piavoli
Plot Domenica Sera is a collection of images from a melancholic Sunday evening.
6.8
87 votes
6.8
87 votes
6.7
23 votes
Evasi (S)
1964 · Documentary · 12 min. · Italy
Direction Franco Piavoli
Plot Evasi is a black and white short featuring the faces, actions, and expressions of fans within a stadium.
6.3
90 votes
6.3
90 votes
Frammenti (S)
2012 · Documentary · 10 min. · Italy
Direction Franco Piavoli
Plot Fragments of a collaboration between director Franco Piavoli (The Blue Planet, The First Breath of Wind) and students of the Laboratory Making Cinema founded by Marco Bellocchio.
6.3
84 votes
6.3
84 votes
Emigranti (S)
1963 · Documentary · 12 min. · Italy
Direction Franco Piavoli
Plot Emigranti is a dazzling short of immigration in the sixties in Milan.
6.2
76 votes
6.2
76 votes
Festa
2016 · Movie · 40 min. · Italy
Direction Franco Piavoli
Cast Fiammetta Alighieri · Oliva Andreoli · Roberta Brunelli · Primo Gaburri
6.2
33 votes
6.2
33 votes
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Documentary · 120 min. · Italy
Direction Hala Abdallah · Karim Aïnouz · John Akomfrah · Catherine Breillat
Cast Bernardo Bertolucci · Tygh Runyan · Shannyn Sossamon · Michele Placido
Plot 70 short movies about cinema and its future.
5.4
74 votes
5.4
74 votes
Ambulatorio (S)
1954 · Movie · 4 min. · Italy
Direction Franco Piavoli
Plot The “Poems in 8mm”, digitally restored, are the first works of Franco Piavoli, made with a simple camera, no crew, no production. Surgery, 1952, “a joke”, “a game” without music...
4.4
66 votes
4.4
66 votes
Affettuosa presenza
2004 · Documentary · 62 min. · Italy
Direction Franco Piavoli
Cast Mario Artioli · Marino Bellintani · Umberto Bellintani · Alessandro Parronchi
Plot The life and work of the poet and sculptor, Umberto Bellintani, seen through his correspondence with the art critic and historian, Alessandro Parronchi. The letters reveal the brotherly trust uniting...
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Lucidi inganni
1986 · Documentary · 35 min. · Italy
Direction Franco Piavoli
Cast Marina Nordera · Davide Forghieri · Carlo Buttasi · Laura Montanari
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Il collezionismo dei Gonzaga (S)
2017 · Documentary · 19 min. · Italy
Direction Franco Piavoli · Mario Piavoli
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Lo zebù e la stella (S)
2007 · Documentary · 18 min. · Italy
Direction Franco Piavoli · Mario Piavoli
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