Alberto Soffientini

The Terrorist

In Venice in 1943, a group of partisans led by Renato Braschi organize a series of autonomous terrorist attacks against the fascists while the National Liberation Committee urges caution. Renato is determined to carry out his ideas, risking his own life, and not only that...

The Reunion

Two members of a former group of friends find themselves after many years by chance through the streets of Milan; after a moment, memories of the past resurface.

The Basilisks

The uneventful lives of three young men who live in a small, poverty-stricken village in southern Italy.

The Fiancés

A young man has a renewed interest in his girlfriend when he takes a job that separates the two.

Una storia milanese

Milan, one winter in the early sixties. Valeria, a free young woman who usually goes from one man to another, falls in love with Giampiero. This time, this is a serious relationship to the point that she contemplates marriage. All the more since she gets pregnant.

Il Posto

With his family mired in financial troubles, Domenico moves to Milan, Italy, from his small town to get a job in lieu of furthering his education. A lack of options forces him to take a position as a messenger at a big company, where he hopes to receive a promotion soon. There, Domenico meets Antonietta, a young woman in a similar situation as himself. The two form a tentative relationship, but the soulless nature of their jobs threatens to keep them apart.

Time Stood Still

Two middle-aged men work as caretakers on an isolated dam construction site high in the snow-capped Italian Alps. When one of them leaves for the valley to spend Christmas vacation with his family he is temporarily replaced with an adolescent boy. The other man is both annoyed and intrigued by the boy and his habits: he listens to loud music, sleeps too long in the mornings and doesn't drink any alcohol. They barely speak to one another in the first couple of days. But when an avalanche cuts their small hut from electricity they slowly start growing more fond of each other.

Three Lines to Milan

"Documentary, showing workmen erecting one of the pylons and stringing up three cables which will eventually reach to Milan." - BFI

Dialogue Between a Salesman and a Passenger

A conversation between a salesman of calendars and his costumer, who makes him several questions before considering buying one of his offers.

Il pensionato

Story of a retired old man who is learning what to do with himself.