Lucia Poli

Sei come sei

Six shorts.

The Tiger and the Snow

Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul, and women love him. But he is in love with Vittoria, and the love is unrequited. Every night he dreams of marrying her, in his boxer shorts and t-shirt, as Tom Waits sings. Vittoria travels to Iraq with her friend, Fuad, a poet; they are there with the second Gulf War breaks out. Vittoria is injured. Attilio must get to her side, and then, as war rages around him, he must find her the medical care she needs. In war, does love conquer all?

Crazy Me

Andrea is having a bad luck with girls. Maybe because he's only man in his big family which include mother, three sisters, grandma, nurse and a dog which is of course female also.

The Double Hour

A chambermaid and a former cop meet at a speed dating event and a romance develops. But during a romantic getaway things suddenly take a turn for the worse when her mysterious past is revealed.

Gostanza da Libbiano

The trial of a woman in San Miniato accused of witchcraft in 1594.

Non c'è più niente da fare

S.O.S. Befana

Beniamina, the Befana, has to confront an evil "anti-Befana", who's sowing discord to the fairytale world and stealing children's dreams.

Miacarabefana.it

Beniamina is a grandniece of a past Befana so decide to take part of the selection to become a Befana herself and when she succedes she has to bring gifts to kids in the night of 6th January becoming invisible to adults.

Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice

The life of Antonio Vivaldi, the great Italian composer and musician of the 17th century.

Hotel Rome

1939: a Tuscan village awaits the arrival of Il Duce. A dog finds a decomposing fetus. Investigations begin immediately: given the exceptional circumstances, someone must be found responsible. And they find someone: a member of the only poor family in the area. A predictable social-political discourse, lacking in talent and inspiration. Chiti was a slightly better writer.