Franco Piavoli Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1982
    The Blue Planet

    The Blue Planet

    The Blue Planet

    7.91982HD

    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

    7.0751984HD

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

    One Lives by Love
  • 2009
    Mother Earth

    Mother Earth

    Mother Earth

    7.42009HD

    Mother Earth
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1959
    Sul lago di Garda

    Sul lago di Garda

    Sul lago di Garda

    5.51959HD

    Visions and suggestions of the shores of Lake Garda.

    Sul lago di Garda
  • 2023
    Paradise Lost in Two Reelers

    Paradise Lost in Two Reelers

    Paradise Lost in Two Reelers

    02023HD

    Franco Piavoli is one of the most important directors among Italian independent panorama. Through the years, He built one unique and authentic...

    Paradise Lost in Two Reelers
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1963
    Emigrants

    Emigrants

    Emigrants

    61963HD

    Emigrants from Calabria arrive at Milan station with their luggage, to make their home there or set off for other destinations. A man falls asleep in...

    Emigrants