Liliana Cavani Movies

A documentary about the historic film producer, the first woman to make her mark in a predominantly male environment. A key figure in the great...

Features conversations with ten of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes...

The encounter between physics and cinema and the terribly topical subject of the end of the world turned the set of Liliana Cavani's The order of...

A humble scientist from Padua proves that the Earth revolves and that it is not the center of the universe.

A 1966 biopic of Francis of Assisi presents him as a troubled rebel and champion of radical brotherhood, reflecting the spirit of 1968 student...

After a car accident, a professor, trapped and awaiting help, hears a student recount the life of Milarepa. The tale unfolds in three parts: dark...

Fausto and Elena, two deaf teenagers from different backgrounds, meet and fall in love. As they push back against prejudice and silence – both...

A documentary about the trial of Philippe Pétain.

Opera Prima is a tribute and a journey through the evolution that cinema has had in Italy. Tayu Vlietstra, a pupil of Bertolucci, carries out an...

Liliana Cavani's "The Night Porter" is a film that, fifty years after its release, continues to spark debate and mixed reactions. The story, set in...

A forty year old woman, who has been in an asylum, goes to live with her brother's family. She proves incapable of adapting herself to family life,...

A documentary film: two generations reflect on World War II, twenty years after peace was declared in Europe.

With a screenplay by Liliana Cavani, this film is based on a true story, events that happened in Alabama in 1965. A daughter of Italian immigrants,...

A documentary about the urban housing crisis in three Italian cities, Turin, Naples, and Rome, during the 1960s.

In depth commentary and history behind the creation of The Night Porter by Liliana Cavani

An early short film by Liliana Cavani that confronts the theme of discrimination.

Live from La Scala Saturday 07 July 2007. In this live performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Violetta, a courtesan much wooed by Parisian society,...