Massimo Troisi

Pablo Neruda, the famous Chilean poet, is exiled to a small island for political reasons. On the island, the unemployed son of a poor fisherman is hired as an extra postman due to the huge increase in mail that this causes. Il Postino is to hand-deliver the celebrity's mail to him. Though poorly educated, the postman learns to love poetry and eventually befriends Neruda. Struggling to grow and express himself more fully, he suddenly falls in love and needs Neruda's help and guidance more than ever. (imdb)

Vincent Pérez plays Baron of Sigognac, a young royal, whose quest for material wealth brings him true love and revelations on the nature of this world. The plot themes are somewhat related to Stoppard's excellent Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - both uses the traveling players to explore the nature of the human condition (IMDB comments)

Splendor is the name of an old movie theater managed by Jordan (Mastroianni), who inherited it from his father. The theater is in decay and only generates debts and trouble, but Jordan gets aid in his almost quixotian quest from projectionist Luigi (Troisi) and ushurette Chantale (Vlady)... (imdb)

A father and his son who lived seperated for some time meet each other one day and try to talk their problems over and understand their diametrical differences. (imdb)

A teacher (Saverio) and a schoolkeeper (Mario) get lost in the Italian countryside. They find themselves in the late 15th century, they met Leonardo da Vinci and try to teach him how to play cards, they try to stop Columbus, they sing beatles's song etc... (imdb)

Co-writer and director Massimo Troisi also stars in this comedy about Vicenzo, a young man living at home (in Naples) with his mother and his sister and her family and having to face the prospect of assuming more responsibility if he wants to keep his relationship with Anna... (AllMovieGuide)

Troisi plays Gaetano, a young Neapolitan longing to escape the stagnant confines of his traditional family and seek adventure elsewhere. Setting out for Florence, he finds temporary accommodations with an aunt, but she turns out to be engaged in her own romantic entanglements. (filmlinc.com)

In fascist Italy, a barber who lost the use of his legs after the shock for the breakup with his girlfriend, tries to win her back.

A woman leaves her fiancé and disappears a few days before their wedding.

A mysterious serial killer is targeting the guests of the "Nuova Napoli" festival.

When a young Italian-American living in New York hears that his older brother, and infamous terrorist, committed suicide in South America after fleeing Italy, he flies to Columbia to identify and bring his brother's body home. Instead of finding him, he is lead into a hellish nightmare of violence and disillusionment.

Fake documentary about the death of Massimo Troisi.