Franco Piavoli Movies

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of...

Very short documentary about filmmaker Franco Piavoli.

Set on an August afternoon in the Lombardy countryside, a family lingers around the table after a long summer meal. As the day stretches on, each...

The passing of the seasons in the Mantua town of Castellaro follows the seasons of the life of its inhabitants. Thus, alongside the games of...

Emigrants from Calabria arrive at Milan station with their luggage, to make their home there or set off for other destinations. A man falls asleep in...

Fragments of a collaboration between director Franco Piavoli (The Blue Planet, The First Breath of Wind) and students of the Laboratory Making Cinema...

Franco Piavoli in his world.

The aging, conservative population of a small, sleepy village in the Italian Alps are surprised to see that a former French professor has settled...

The short registers a sports spectacle of great importance (probably of soccer). We never see the spectacle itself but the people watching and...

Documentary about Franco Piavoli

The feast of St. Peter in a country village. The priest admonishes his parishioners to confess and be free of avarice, but after mass he invites them...

A man walks with his child on the grass of a hill. He reaches an old country house, where years before he had spent his childhood during World War...

Young peasants come together to dance in the evening. The girls arrive by bike; the boys get ready for them by doing their hair. The less shy amongst...

Franco Piavoli is one of the most important directors among Italian independent panorama. Through the years, He built one unique and authentic...

A look at the passage of time through the changing seasons, human evolution and everyday life.

In a Renaissance castle, masks and costumes are moving animated by moonlight. In this magical atmosphere, the painting of a girl comes to life, while...

Eternal and cyclical movement. A young woman crosses the seasons. With his 8mm Paillard, Piavoli starts his poetic journey with a drawn-out gaze on...

Visions and suggestions of the shores of Lake Garda.