Saverio Costanzo

Inspired by real events, documentary filmmaker Saverio Costanzo's feature debut is a minimalist psychological drama about a Palestinian family of seven suddenly confronted with a volatile situation in their home that in many ways reflects the larger ongoing conflict between Palestine and Israel. (Typecast Releasing)

The mysteries of the priesthood are cunningly examined in Saverio Costanzo's intriguing follow-up to Private, which garnered critical accolades three years ago. In telling the story of a young man who decides to join the ascetic life of a religious order, Costanzo opts not for a form of documentary realism - along the lines of Into Great Silence - but chooses instead to probe the spiritual realm into which his protagonist is propelled.

Alice and Mattia are both lonely children, scarred by events in their childhood and therefore considered weird by the other children. When they meet each other in high school, they are somehow attracted to each other... and then again, they aren't. The film follows them for the next two decades - but you'll have to wait until the end to see the title explained..

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance. (imdb)

Based on the novel by Elena Ferrante, the story of a friendship lasting sixty years between two women. When suddenly her 60-year-old Elena Greco disappears from the life of her closest friend, she begins to describe the story of their many years of friendship. Raffaella Cerullo, known as Lila, met in the first grade of elementary school in 1950. The action of the series takes place in the dangerous and at the same time magical Naples over the space of over 60 years. (HBO)

A young Roman woman during the 1950s is on the verge of becoming engaged to a man. She goes to Cinecittà to do an audition as an extra and is thrust into this almost infinite night during which she discovers herself.