Director
Roberto Faenza
Born February 21, 1943 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy
25 films
Roberto Faenza (born 21 February 1943 in Turin) is an Italian film director. He received a degree in Political Science and a diploma at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.
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Faenza made his directing debut in 1968 with the international success, Escalation, a film that describes the different sides of power through the relationship between a middle-class father and his hippie son. Immediately after that he directed H2S, an angry apology of the 1968 movement, seized two days after its release and not distributed since. Upon this sequestration he travelled to the United States to teach at the Federal City College of Washington DC.
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First watchCome Into the Light20057.1In 1990s Palermo, Pino Puglisi is a priest from the neglected Brancaccio neighborhood dedicated in helping kids to get off the streets and creating an embracing place of hope and…View filmEssential films
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25 films as director- 2026Bangkok 24/7 - Italian EyesDirector
- 2023Folle d'amore - Alda MeriniDirector
- 2022Hill of VisionDirector
- 2016La verità sta in cieloDirector
- 2015Bambini nel tempoDirector
- 2014Anita B.Director
- 2012Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to YouDirector
- 2011Il delitto di Via PomaDirector
- 2011Silvio ForeverDirector
- 2009The Case of Unfaithful KlaraDirector
- 2007I VicerèDirector
- 2005The Days of AbandonmentDirector
- 2005Come Into the LightDirector
- 2003The Soul KeeperDirector
- 1999The Lost LoverDirector
- 1997Marianna UcrìaDirector
- 1995Pereira DeclaresDirector
- 1993Look to the SkyDirector
- 1990The BachelorDirector
- 1983CopkillerDirector
- 1980Si salvi chi vuoleDirector
- 1977Forza Italia!Director
- 1969H2SDirector
- 1968EscalationDirector
- 1964Dopo il buioDirector