David 1990-1999
Movies to watch awarded or nominated in David Award in the '90s
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- DirectorGabriele SalvatoresStarsDiego AbatantuonoClaudio BigagliGiuseppe CedernaIn WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war.
- DirectorFrancesca ArchibugiStarsMarcello MastroianniSandrine BonnaireZoe IncrocciProfessor Ludovico Bruschi is an elderly Communist whose desire is that of living in an orderly and socially just State. But disorder is just about to break into his life, first of all in the shape of his granddaughter Papere and then in that of Papere's mother Stella, his son's companion. The relationship between Oliviero, Bruschi's son, and Stella has come to an end perhaps because of the extreme youth of the two lovers. Now Professor Bruschi is obliged to come to terms with the gloomy, ignorant, offended Stella whose head is full of false and destructive ideals and who disturbs his way of living out daily life. The professor loses his patience and Stella leaves. He looks for her and finds her in hospital with a broken leg. The two of them begin to grow close and then, without realizing it, they come to love each other immensely. Stella's leg gets better and she goes off to look for new relationships, new experiences, while the Professor goes on waiting for her: and all this in the presence of Papere, too young to understand.
- DirectorGianni AmelioStarsEnrico Lo VersoValentina ScaliciGiuseppe IeracitanoAntonio, a policeman (carabiniere), has an order to take two children (Rosetta and her brother Luciano) from Milan to Sicily to an orphanage. Their mother has been arrested for forcing Rosetta (11 years old) to work as a prostitute. First the relation between Antonio and the children is tough, but it relaxes so they become temporary friends.
- DirectorFrancesca ArchibugiStarsSergio CastellittoAnna GalienaAlessia FugardiAn epileptic 12-year-old girl, Pippi, is hospitalized in the psychiatric ward instead of the neurological ward, due to an administration error. Out of this mistake begins the difficult journey towards being cured.
- DirectorGiovanni VeronesiStarsDiego AbatantuonoPenélope CruzStefania SandrelliThe Nativity of Jesus, from Joseph's point of view. When his fiancee Mary confesses she is pregnant he is enraged, believing she has been raped. Only gradually he comes to comprehend her story of the angel's visit.
- DirectorDaniele LuchettiStarsSilvio OrlandoAnna GalienaFabrizio BentivoglioIt is the last day of school in a run-down technical institute in the Roman suburbs: the pupils are not really diligent and the teachers give their worst both from a working and personal point of view.
- DirectorMario MartoneStarsAnna BonaiutoAngela LucePiero TassitanoWhen an elderly woman dies--apparently happy but in curious circumstances--her daughter travels home to Naples for the funeral. Staying on, she tries to piece together her mother's recent life. In doing so she starts to confront childhood memories that shaped the family history.
- DirectorMichael RadfordMassimo TroisiStarsMassimo TroisiPhilippe NoiretMaria Grazia CucinottaA simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet, and then uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
- DirectorPaolo VirzìStarsSilvio OrlandoSabrina FerilliEnnio FantastichiniThe political and cultural controversies between two Italian families during their summer holidays in the Tirrenian sea.
- DirectorCarlo LizzaniStarsGiancarlo GianniniMassimo GhiniAnna FalchiThe difficult making of Roberto Rossellini's masterpiece 'Roma, città aperta (1946)' in a Rome still suffering from the wounds of just-ended WWII.
- DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsJeremy IronsLiv TylerCarlo CecchiAfter her mother commits suicide, a young woman travels to Italy in search of love, truth and a deeper connection with herself.
- DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsSergio CastellittoTiziana LodatoFranco ScaldatiA photographer and the types of people he encounters.
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsJohn TurturroRade SerbedzijaMassimo GhiniBased on Primo Levi's autobiographical "The Reawakening".
- DirectorRoberto FaenzaStarsEmmanuelle LaboritRoberto HerlitzkaLaura MoranteSicily 18th century, Marianna Ucria is a 12-year-old deaf-mute from an aristocratic family of Palermo. Aged 13, she is married to a middle-aged uncle, Duca Pietro. She is repulsed by him, but at 16 years she already gives him three daughters. During her 20s she is instructed by a French tutor, which teaches her philosophy and all the new ideas that tour around Europe. She also has to manage, after Pietro's death, a relationship with her servant's brother (and following scandal). In her mature age she finally discovers and understands the terrible secret behind his handicap.
- DirectorWilma LabateStarsClaudio AmendolaSilvio OrlandoFrancesca NeriA terrorist is taken from South to North of Italy to meet his woman. What is happening in his mind? Could he betray and speak? It's what the Army official who's taking him to the woman is thinking. And will the woman meet him? She's not sure of her own will.
- DirectorCarlo LizzaniStarsGiancarlo GianniniMassimo GhiniAnna FalchiThe difficult making of Roberto Rossellini's masterpiece 'Roma, città aperta (1946)' in a Rome still suffering from the wounds of just-ended WWII.
- DirectorGabriele SalvatoresStarsChristopher LambertDiego AbatantuonoSergio RubiniThe main character Solo in Nirvana, a computer game developed by Jimi for release in 3 days, has gained self-awareness after a virus attack. Solo wants to be deleted. Jimi wants to find his ex.
- DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiGiorgio CantariniWhen an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
- DirectorNanni MorettiStarsNanni MorettiSilvio OrlandoSilvia NonoNanni Moretti takes a comic look at the ebbs and flows of his life as he becomes a father for the first time. He struggles with distractions while trying to make a documentary of the Italian national elections.
- DirectorGiuseppe PiccioniStarsMargherita BuySilvio OrlandoCarolina FreschiThe rumpled owner of a dry-cleaning firm joins forces with a nun to care for an abandoned baby.
- DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsTim RothPruitt Taylor VinceMélanie ThierryA baby boy discovered on an ocean liner in 1900 grows into a musical prodigy, never setting foot on land.
- DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsThandiwe NewtonDavid ThewlisClaudio SantamariaWhile in exile in Italy, an African woman finds herself trying to get back home and free her imprisoned husband. But the only man that can help her do so is in love with her.
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsJean-Pierre LéaudMargi ClarkeKenneth ColleyHenri is depressed after losing his job, but finds himself too afraid to go through with suicide. He hires a contract killer to do the job for him instead - but what happens if he changes his mind?
- DirectorWayne WangStarsJeremy IronsGong LiMaggie CheungThe story of Hong Kong, from New Year's Day to June 30th, 1997, when the British left their colony and turned it over to the People's Republic of China.
- DirectorNanni MorettiStarsNanni MorettiSilvio OrlandoMariella ValentiniBecause of an accident, Michele (a leader of P.C.I. and a water-polo player) loses his memory. During one water-polo match, strange guys torment him; they want him to remember his past. As the match is about to finish, he misses the penalty which would have let his team draw the match and keep the leadership.