
06 Dec 2001

Miss Minoes
A cat who turns into a young woman helps a journalist protect their town from a factory boss with an evil plan.
A small Sicilian town elects a new, honest major but quickly learns that playing by the rules is not as easy as it seems.
Salvatore "Salvo"
Valentino "Vale"
Pierpaolo Natoli
Gaetano Patanè
Don Raffaele
vigile Gianni
vigile urbano
carabiniere Gaetano
Betty Natoli
Francesca Natoli
parcheggiatore Vittorio
politico romano
operaio
Peppino
ristoratore Marcello
operaia fabbrica
Attivista Natoli
06 Dec 2001
A cat who turns into a young woman helps a journalist protect their town from a factory boss with an evil plan.
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26 Aug 2000
A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.
03 Mar 1970
World War II soldiers enter Sicily to seize German arms supply only to discover there is not a gun in sight.
15 Feb 1985
After New York City firefighter Terry Lynch is unable to receive any compensation for an injury incurred during the off-duty rescue of a young girl, he grows suicidal. Furious, his brother Jimmy attempts to have Mayor Tyler intervene, but the corrupt politician instead denounces Terry as a drunk. Determined to get justice, Jimmy begins a graffiti campaign of embarrassing slogans mocking the mayor, which soon captivates the city.
16 Sep 1992
The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.
02 Dec 1981
Two buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.
26 Mar 1969
In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.
20 Dec 1961
Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick his wife into having an affair so he can catch her and murder her, as he knows he would be given a light sentence for killing an adulterous woman. He persuades a painter to lure his wife into an affair, but Rosalia proves to be more faithful than he expected.
09 May 2003
British artist Colin Ware discovers that his fiancée, Vera, is going to marry another man. Distraught and despondent, he gets on a plane for America and ends up in the tiny town of Hope in New England. At first, Colin is depressed, but he soon finds more than a shoulder to cry on when his innkeepers introduce him to Mandy, a beautiful nurse. All's going well and Colin has almost forgotten his old flame until Vera shows up with a surprise of her own.
16 Dec 1987
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls for Ronny, she learns that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.
22 Dec 2000
A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them, as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a group of gypsies arrive by riverboat, the Mayor's prejudices lead to a crisis.
09 Mar 1989
Our favourite police men are called together to deal with a gang who rob banks and jewelers. Using their various talents as well as their extraordinary luck, the crooks stand no chance against our men and women in blue.
09 Nov 1999
In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.
15 May 1984
A gang of thugs devise a cruel hoax that goes horribly wrong as Melvin, a nerdy emaciated janitor at the local health club, is cast through a third story window into a vat of hazardous toxic waste.
24 Oct 1991
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01 Mar 2002
Salvo and Valentino are two happy Sicilian friends, who do not want to work, because they know that if they find a permanent job, their girlfriends will ask them to marry them.
16 Mar 2007
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