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Giuseppe Tornatore

Giuseppe Tornatore

Italian film director and screenwriter
May 27, 1956 (67 years old)

Ennio

V.O.: Ennio: The Maestro
It. 2021. Documentary by Giuseppe Tornatore. Portrait of the 70 years career of the composer Ennio Morricone, great master of film music, who died in 2020 at the age of 91.
Runtime: 156 min.
It. 2012. Drama by Giuseppe Tornatore with Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks. A misanthropic auctioneer falls in love with an introverted heiress who has hired him to appraise the family's art collection.
Runtime: 131 min.
U.S. 2009. Dramatic comedy by Kirk Jones with Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Sam Rockwell. A retired widower decides to visit his four children scattered across the United States unannounced.
Runtime: 100 min.

Baaria

V.O.: Baaria - La Porta del vento
Runtime: 150 min.

The Unknown Woman

V.O.: La Sconosciuta
It. 2006. Thriller by Giuseppe Tornatore with Ksenia Rappoport, Michele Placido, Claudia Gerini. In Italy, a Ukrainian immigrant is hired as a maid by a wealthy family that happens to be mysteriously connected to her past.
Runtime: 118 min.

Malena

V.O.: Malèna
It. 2000. Mores drama by Giuseppe Tornatore with Giuseppe Sulfaro, Monica Bellucci, Luciano Federico. In 1940, in a Sicilian village, a teenager is fascinated by the beauty of a young widow who is prey to the slander of the village women.
Runtime: 120 min.
It. 1999. Tale by Giuseppe Tornatore with Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mélanie Thierry. Born at the beginning of the 20th century on a transatlantic ship, a piano prodigy spends his life on the ship without ever setting foot on land.
Runtime: 125 min.

The Star Maker

V.O.: L'Uomo delle stelle
Runtime: 107 min.

A Pure Formality

V.O.: Una pura formalità
Runtime: 111 min.

Especially on Sunday

V.O.: La Domenica Specialmente
It. 1991. Sketches by Giuseppe Tornatore, Marco Tullio Giordana, Giuseppe Bertolucci, Francesco Barilli with Philippe Noiret, Ornella Muti, Maria Maddalena Fellini. Five poetic stories where a character is a prisoner of his misery.

Ils vont tous bien

V.O.: Stanno tutti bene
It. 1990. Dramatic comedy by Giuseppe Tornatore with Marcello Mastroianni, Michèle Morgan, Marino Cenna. A Sicilian pensioner decides to visit his five children scattered across mainland Italy unannounced.
Runtime: 115 min.

Cinema Paradiso

V.O.: Nuovo cinema Paradiso
It. 1988. Dramatic comedy by Giuseppe Tornatore with Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi. A filmmaker recalls his childhood in Sicily and his friendship with the projectionist of the parish cinema.
Runtime: 125 min.

Le Maître de la Camorra

V.O.: Il Camorrista
It. 1986. Crime drama by Giuseppe Tornatore with Ben Gazzara, Laura Del Sol, Leo Guillotta. From his cell, a criminal sentenced to prison for murder manages to establish himself as the leader of the mafia.
Runtime: 171 min.

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