Michele Placido Movies

Il prato

65/100

San Gimignano, in Toscana, alla fine degli anni '70. La fine degli ideali degli anni '70 vista in un piccolo microcosmo...

The Sicilian Connection

70/100

Mario (Placido), an Italian American who manages a pizzeria in NYC, is charged with an assassination of a judge in Palermo. He leaves the States, comes back to Sicily and recruit Michele, ... See full summary »

La orca

60/100

A teenage girl is kidnapped by 3 guys and taken to an abandoned house in the country, and make her write her own ransom letter. She soon discovers that one of her captors is infatuated with... See full summary »

Giovanni Falcone

71/100

The story of the first ever "anti-mafia judges pool" established in the '80s at the Palermo Courthouse, in Sicily, in the '80s, while two mafia families started a 10-year-long war to obtain... See full summary »

Un eroe borghese

71/100

An intriguing look at a sinister web of power,linking politics and the mafia in modern day Italy.

Un uomo in ginocchio

73/100

Nino, a regular working-class guy, finds that a hitman has been hired to kill him. He discovers that a wealthy woman has been kidnapped and that everyone who was involved in it is being ... See full summary »

The Scent of Blood

55/100

A couple of bourgeois intellectuals, Carlo and Silvia are married for twenty years. But they wearily live their relationship separately; while she lives in their original flat in Rome, he ... See full summary »

Art of Love

47/100

Young student Claudine has a dream in which the Roman student Cornelius, fascinated by the beautiful wife of the commander, attends lectures on the art of love of great Ovid. Ancient tragedy happens again in a few centuries

L'ultimo padrino

67/100

A TV movie focused on former Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano and the policemen who tried to catch him.

The Divine Nymph

59/100

A beautiful woman (Laura Antonelli) engages in affairs with two men, playing them against each other. Set in the decadent Roaring Twenties, the triangle dissolves against suicide and fascism.

The Soul's Place

70/100

Three workers of a tire factory, in southern Italy, lead the struggle agianst the American company owner of the factory who wants to close the Italian branch in which they work.

Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil

57/100

A Leap in the Dark

65/100

Mauro, a judge, is worried about his older sister Marta, who took care of him since he was a boy, and is now affected by psychic problems and suicide fantasies. She seems to recover from ... See full summary »

Liberate i pesci!

63/100

Michele Verrio, potente boss di Lecce, ha per amante Lunetta, sorella di Sergio, giornalista emigrato...

Un uomo perbene

65/100

La ricostruzione dell'odissea giudiziaria di Enzo Tortora, famoso giornalista e presentatore televisivo, è la storia di questo film-inchiesta, nella più solida tradizione di un cinema 'di ... See full summary »

Victory March

66/100

La scelta

53/100

A childless couple struggle in the aftermath of a sexual assault leaves the woman pregnant.

Lulu

60/100

The story of a sexually enticing young dancer who rises up in society through her relationships with wealthy men, but later falls into poverty and prostitution, culminating in an encounter with Jack 'the Ripper'.

La lupa

46/100

Wilde Früchte

50/100

After her harrowing kidnap ordeal in La orca (1976), Alice tries to return to her normal life, but her memories still haunt her twisting her psyche even further as no one realizes that she's in need of some serious help.