Guido Chiesa — Director (6)

Movie

Johnny the Partisan (2000)
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other title: Il partigiano Johnny / 游擊隊員強尼 …
After the 8th September 1943 north of Italy is occupied by Germans. Italian army collapsed and the soldiers are escaped to the mountains trying to set up a resistance. Many civilians did the same and Johnny, an English literature student, is among them. Johnny avoids to band together the red partisans (communists) and tries to be part of the azure bands (former regular soldiers). But in both cases he is deluded by the partisan bands and discovers that the partisan war is less poetic and genuine that he thought. At one point anyway the partisans free Alba from Germans. When the city falls again in German hands Johnny escape with Ettore and Pierre. But, one after another, German army and Italian fascists captures the partisans and Johnny will pass the winter alone and isolated. He then finds the way to participate to one of the last attack to occupants, in fact the war will be over two months later.

Movie

30 Nights with My (Ex) Husband (2025)
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other title: 30 notti con il mio ex
Bruno, a textbook anxious man, is persuaded by his teenage daughter to host his ex-wife Terry for a month, just out of a long psychiatric hospitalization. After all, it’s only 30 nights—what could possibly go wrong? Yet Terry’s exuberance and blunt honesty put Bruno’s routine to the test, as he finds himself stuck in a lackluster relationship and in a job where he struggles to assert himself as he would like.

Movie

Working Slowly (Radio Alice) (2004)
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other title: 慢慢工作 / Lavorare con lentezza
1976年的意大利博洛尼亚,两位年轻的学生整日在咖啡馆里做着白日梦,当地的几名盗贼拟定了一个惊人计划:挖一条通向市中心银行金库的地下隧道。两人尽管对该计划的可行性半信半疑,但还是参与了行动。在隧道里,他们听收音机解闷,他们听到了艾丽丝电台:一个以支持学生运动的激进电台……