Gabriele Salvatores

Date of Birth: 30 Jul 1950
Country: Italy
Total Credits at Criticker: 21 (Director), 7 (Writer)
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Something sinister is lurking under the surface of 10 year old Michele's idyllic summer in 1978. While the days in his remote southern Italian village are filled with the familiar routines of childhood, a chance discovery leads to a shocking revelation. (Miramax)
Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers in a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack. The village of the island seems abandoned and there isn't a single enemy in sight, so the soldiers begin to relax a little. (imdb)
A private detective investigates her sister's suicide 16 years earlier. (imdb)
Antonio has always had problems with his incisors: they are huge, impossible to hide and embarrassing. It takes a woman, Mara - who he left his wife and children for - to crack both incisors with a glass ashtray during a fight brought about by jealousy: Antonio is convinced she's having an affair with hers dentist! Antonio's tongue instinctively touches and investigates his raw and bleeding gum and when his saliva mixes with the blood, he remembers his childhood.
Jimi, a successful computer game designer, finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the game, Solo. Tormented by the memory of his fled girlfriend Lisa and begged by Solo to end its useless "life", Jimi begins a search for people who can help him both to discover what happened to Lisa and to delete his game before it is released. (imdb)
A writer is looking for a new idea, and the characters enter his life when he decides to suddenly end the film
A dark drama centered on a 14-year-old boy and his neo-Nazi dad, who are both outcasts in their suburban town.
Spanish girl Teresa comes to Milan to meet Ponchia, Marco, Paolino and Cedro who have not seen each other for years: her man, their old friend Rudy, is in jail in Marrakech and needs help and money. The five decide to go to Morocco by car to get him out of trouble. (imdb)
Mario leads a normal life, working in a Milan bank. His daily routine is shattered when he witnesses a murder and is shot himself by the killer, a deranged police commissioner. To save his life, he must abandon his life and flee to Puerto Escondido, Mexico. When he runs out of money he teams up with Alex and Anita, a couple of Italians that will lead him on to a series of adventures and encounters with drug dealers, corrupt police officers and other weird characters. (imdb)
Several stories unfold simultaneously over three days on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. A man stumbles upon a risky opportunity to become instantly wealthy; a producer of pornographic films tries to rebuild his relationship with his estranged daughter; a police chief and his son maintain an uneasy co-existence; and a woman longs for her lover to be released from prison. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amn%C3%A8sia)
A drama based on a memoir about growing up as a member of the Urka community in the small republic of Transnistria. (imdb)
Two actors leave on a theatrical tour, but there is a matter to be settled: one has become the lover of the other's girl-friend and since they are very good friends, cannot bring himself to tell him. (imdb)
A bunch of hopeless unemployed occupy a polling place during general election in Italy to protest and report the mafia affairs of Mr. Cannavacciuolo. He is candidate and is setting up a fraud to be elected anyway. Lucia, his daughter, is taken as hostage by the group. The unexpected action manages to get the attention of the media, and the people starts supporting the group till the police intervenes with heavy manners. (imdb)
A group of comedians are trying to be successful on stage. One night an important television network organises a public variety show to sort out some performers for their programs. Every one of them will try their hardest, but just a few will be choosen. (Imdb.com (Adalberto Fornario))
The film is composed with archive footage about the most important events happened in 1960.
Michele is thirteen year old, shy, unpopular at school, and in love with Stella. After wearing a costume for a Halloween party, he finds out that he's invisible. (imdb)
Three years later Michele (The Invisible boy) meets his mother and his twin sister. Both have stories and superpowers but their intentions may not be what Michele thinks. (imdb)
Willi, who wanted to be a singer, is the biological father of the boy. One night, out of the blue, he finally works up the courage to go and meet that son that he has never seen before discovering that Vincent wasn't anything like he had imagined....
Documentary about Italy during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020. The collective movie was done using images sent from Italian people all over the country.
Leo Bernardi is a successful Italian director. He's approaching the end of his career but he cannot accept his slow decline. He has just finished shooting his last movie which is inspired by Schnitzler's novel, Casanova. (cineuropa)