Women Protagonists

Women Protagonists

The female condition in history has not allowed women to evolve as men could in the past. They were not allowed to educate themselves, they were not allowed any freedom of movement in society. Women have long been relegated to homes, a home that has almost become a prison. It is an ancient repression that has its roots in distant times. But in the last few decades, things have been changing. Women can enjoy greater freedom, their uniqueness, personal and artistic growth, demonstrating skills and motivations that are superior and nobler than those of men. Their pent-up energy can finally explode. Even in the cinema.

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Women Protagonists
  • Katabasis
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    Katabasis

    Movie + 1 extra

    Drama, Mystery, by Samantha Casella, Italy, 2025.
    “Katabasis” is a journey into the underworld. Nora experienced that dark realm as a child, when she suffered abuse. This marked her, shaping her into an ambiguous and manipulative woman, dangerous in her inscrutability, constantly seeking disturbi...

  • The Lonely Wife

    Movie

    Drama, by Satyajit Ray, 1964, India.
    The story is set in Calcutta in 1879, during the period of the British Raj. Charulata (called “Charu”) is a cultured and sensitive woman, married to Bhupati, an intellectual and editor who runs a liberal political newspaper. Her husband is absorbed in his edit...

  • Irene

    Movie

    Drama, by Valerio Pampaglini, Italy, 2023.
    Irene is trapped within her own unconscious, empty and ruined like an abandoned house. Through broken glass and shady figures dressed in black, a song awakens something long forgotten inside her. The film, written and directed by Valerio Pampaglini, is s...

  • Dear Beasts

    Movie

    Drama, by Andrea Malandra, Italy, 2023.
    The protagonist, Trudy, is an influencer who "showcases" the lives of pets on social networks to promote their well-being. But his love is not sincere. A video of her mistreating the homeless Narco and her dog suddenly ruins her reputation.

    Dear Beasts, Ma...

  • Hira
    Movie

    Hira

    Movie

    Short film, by Emanuele Colognese, 2023, Italy.
    A short film without a real plot and without dialogue, which tells the sensations of an unexpected encounter. A deaf girl meets a blond-haired boy by chance on the street. They spend pleasant moments together but are destined to go their own way.

    W...

  • The Girl from the Back Desk

    Movie

    Drama, by Matteo Piacenti, Corrado Bonicelli, Italy, 2020.
    Viola is a lonely teenager who feels out of place in the world around her, inadequate and imperfect. The comfort and support of her parents and friends are of no use. Art is the only way she has to express herself: like a colorful mosaic,...

  • The M Word

    Movie

    Comedy, drama by Henry Jaglom, United States, 2014.
    Tanna Frederick plays the lead role of Moxie, an actress in a children's show on Los Angeles television struggling with declining audience. Moxie's life changes with the arrival of Charlie Moon (Michael Imperioli), a network executive from New Y...

  • The Hitch-Hiker

    Movie

    Thriller, Noir, by Ida Lupino, United States, 1953.
    Two friends, Roy Collins (O'Brien) and Gilbert Bowen (Lovejoy) are driving to go fishing in the Mexican Gulf of California city of San Felipe. Just south of Mexicali, they give a ride to a hitchhiker, Myers, who draws a weapon and takes them hos...

  • Chasing Butterflies

    Movie

    Comedy, romantic, by Rod Bingaman, United States, 2009.
    Nina runs away from home hours before her wedding. In order not to postpone her mother's wedding ceremony, she pretends to be Nina and marries her boyfriend. Soon after they begin their search to find Nina and bring her back: Nina's husband ...

  • The incredible story of the lady from the third floor

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    Drama, by Isabel Russinova, Italy, 2017.
    Mara, the Prince, Lyuba, the Chechen, Mezzanota, Gianni, Alexia, Viperetta, Cicci belong to very different realities but live in the same city. They do not know each other, but their paths are destined to cross each other and to experience common events in...

  • Hollywood Dreams

    Movie

    Comedy, drama, by Henry Jaglom, United States, 2007.
    Aspiring actress Margie Chizek seeks stardom in Hollywood. She is rejected by the cinema scene, falls in love, discovers the deceptions behind the world of film advertising and understands her identity better than her. Saved from ruin by a kind...

  • The House is Black

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    Documentary, by Forough Farrokhzad, Iran, 1963.
    The House is Black is a lyrical, transcendent film that places a gaze full of compassion and religiosity towards a suffering humanity. The only source of harmony is found outside the leper colony, in nature: suffering reigns inside. Not even religio...

  • Ninnao

    Movie

    Short film, drama, by Ernesto M. Censori, Italy, 2020.
    Ninnaò tackles the theme of milk mothers in a direct and raw way, highlighting in an original way the relationships that are established between two women who will end up competing for the baby. You will win that you will be able to take adva...

  • Miss Oyu

    Movie

    Drama, by Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan, 1951.
    Bachelor Shinnosuke falls in love with Miss Oyu, the companion of his younger sister Shizu who visits him as a future bride. The family taboo prevents Shinnosuke from marrying Oyu. He marries Shizu without consummating their marriage so that Shinnosuke can ...

  • Osaka Elegy

    Movie

    Drama, by Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan, 1936.
    Ayako Murai is a telephone operator for the pharmaceutical company Asai, in the city of Osaka in 1930. To pay the debts of her father, unemployed and threatened with arrest for not repaying a loan, she agrees to become her employer's mistress. work. After p...

  • Early Summer

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    Drama, by Yasujirō Ozu, Japan, 1951.
    Noriko, a secretary from Tokyo, resides in Kamakura with her family along with her parents Shūkichi and Shige, her elder brother Kōichi, a doctor, her wife Fumiko and their 2 boys Minoru and Isamu. Noriko's friends are divided into 2 groups, married and single...

  • A Geisha

    Movie

    Drama, by by Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan, 1953.
    The story takes place in Kyoto and follows Eiko, a young woman who wants to become a geisha and asks the older Miyoharu to teach her the trade. One of her first clients tries to rape her but Eiko violently defends herself and sends him to the hospital. A...

  • The Naked Kiss

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    Drama, Noir, by Samuel Fuller, 1964, United States.
    Kelly is a prostitute who arrives by bus in the small town of Grantville, after moving away from the big city to escape her former protector. She meets her local police captain Griff who hosts her in her apartment, but then invites her to leave ...

  • Festival in Cannes

    Movie

    Sentimental comedy, by Henry Jaglom, United States, 2001.
    Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an independent film, and is looking for financiers. She meets Kaz, a talkative businessman, who promises her $ 3 million if she uses Millie, a French star who has passed her youth and no lon...

  • Talking with Buddha

    Movie

    Documentary, by Jon Braeley, United States, 2012.
    What is Tibetan Buddhism? This film is a journey through Tibetan Buddhist monasteries to meet some of the great Lamas of Buddhism, against the backdrop of the Himalayan mountains and the rhythmic chanting of prayers. A documentary to improve menta...

  • Dementia

    Movie

    Horror, noir, by John Parker, United States, 1955.
    It's night. A woman suddenly wakes up from a nightmare in a seedy hotel in the Los Angeles suburbs. She leaves the room and wanders the neighborhood. She meets a dwarf who sells newspapers with the title "Mysterious Stabbing". In a dark alley, a ...

  • Shadow

    Movie

    Short film, mystery, by Edo Tagliavini, Italy.
    Lumi is a ten year old child with no friends, who lives with her grandmother tele-dependent: since feeling lonely, she creates an imaginary friend in her shadow... Freely adapted from "Shadow" by Edgar Allan Poe.

    LANGUAGE: English
    SUBTITLES: Italian

  • French cinema of the 1910s

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    Short films, France, 1896-1912.
    After the success of the pioneers such as the Lumière and Méliès, industrial productions arose in France to satisfy the commercial demand of the public. Again two brothers, the Pathé, together with Gaumont and Film d'Art, were the protagonists of the new cinema bus...

  • Heruka

    Movie

    Documentary, by Isabel Russinova, Italy, 2015.
    The history of the Romanes people through the images of a meager and gloomy reportage, which shows the living conditions of the people today: the hardships, the expectations, the dramas of discrimination and persecution. However, the personality and ...