Franco Piavoli Movies

  • 1990
    Nostos: The Return

    Nostos: The Return

    Nostos: The Return

    7.21990HD

    At the end of the war, Odysseus, the wandering hero, with his companions begins his sail back home to the Mediterranean. The conclusion of his...

    Nostos: The Return
  • 2006
    The Wind Blows Round

    The Wind Blows Round

    The Wind Blows Round

    72006HD

    The aging, conservative population of a small, sleepy village in the Italian Alps are surprised to see that a former French professor has settled...

    The Wind Blows Round
  • 2003
    At the First Breath of Wind

    At the First Breath of Wind

    At the First Breath of Wind

    72003HD

    Using few words and gorgeous imagery, this is a poetic painting of a family, each in their own space on an August afternoon.

    At the First Breath of Wind
  • 2013
    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    5.22013HD

    Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of...

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded
  • 1997
    Voices Through Time

    Voices Through Time

    Voices Through Time

    7.71997HD

    Seasons of the year are used to frame human life, from birth to death.

    Voices Through Time
  • 1982
    The Blue Planet

    The Blue Planet

    The Blue Planet

    7.81982HD

    A look at the passage of time through the changing seasons, human evolution and everyday life.

    The Blue Planet
  • 1984
    One Lives by Love

    One Lives by Love

    One Lives by Love

    71984HD

    The director interviews five people with different backgrounds about love and sex.

    One Lives by Love
  • 2012
    Fragments

    Fragments

    Fragments

    5.92012HD

    Fragments of a collaboration between director Franco Piavoli (The Blue Planet, The First Breath of Wind) and students of the Laboratory Making Cinema...

    Fragments
  • 1991
    Sweet War, Farewell

    Sweet War, Farewell

    Sweet War, Farewell

    71991HD

    A man walks with his child on the grass of a hill. He reaches an old country house, where years before he had spent his childhood during World War...

    Sweet War, Farewell
  • 1959
    Sul lago di Garda

    Sul lago di Garda

    Sul lago di Garda

    61959HD

    Visions and suggestions of the shores of Lake Garda.

    Sul lago di Garda
  • 2017
    Vedete, sono uno di voi

    Vedete, sono uno di voi

    Vedete, sono uno di voi

    6.82017HD

    The film is the personal story of a protagonist of our times and traces Carlo Martini's actions and thoughts, as he has remained faithful to its...

    Vedete, sono uno di voi
  • 2009
    Flora's Garden

    Flora's Garden

    Flora's Garden

    72009HD

    Throughout the seasons, the work of a farmer in his vegetable garden, from the seed to its fruit.

    Flora's Garden
  • 2009
    Mother Earth

    Mother Earth

    Mother Earth

    7.42009HD

    Mother Earth
  • 2002
    Landscapes and Figures

    Landscapes and Figures

    Landscapes and Figures

    6.72002HD

    A forerunner of Al Primo Soffio Di Vento. Observations along the riverside, the flow of water, the stasis of life, and the emergence of a...

    Landscapes and Figures
  • 2016
    The Feast

    The Feast

    The Feast

    6.32016HD

    The feast of St. Peter in a country village. The priest admonishes his parishioners to confess and be free of avarice, but after mass he invites them...

    The Feast
  • 1962
    Sunday Evening

    Sunday Evening

    Sunday Evening

    5.91962HD

    Young peasants come together to dance in the evening. The girls arrive by bike; the boys get ready for them by doing their hair. The less shy amongst...

    Sunday Evening
  • 1961
    The Seasons

    The Seasons

    The Seasons

    71961HD

    Eternal and cyclical movement. A young woman crosses the seasons. With his 8mm Paillard, Piavoli starts his poetic journey with a drawn-out gaze on...

    The Seasons
  • 2007
    Lo zebù e la stella

    Lo zebù e la stella

    Lo zebù e la stella

    72007HD

    A zebu disappears while children are drawing it. They find it again in the woods. The notes of a harp accompany their multi-coloured joy. This short...

    Lo zebù e la stella
  • 1954
    Surgery

    Surgery

    Surgery

    41954HD

    Surgery
  • 1964
    Convicts

    Convicts

    Convicts

    51964HD

    The short registers a sports spectacle of great importance (probably of soccer). We never see the spectacle itself but the people watching and...

    Convicts