There are stories that really know how to captivate us, like the ones that are told in some of the movies aired on TV (on free-to-air and satellite channels) tonight. We are talking, for example, of Vivare directed by Francesca Arcibugi (based on the story of Viaggio in Italia, written by the director himself) with a cast headed by Micaela Ramazzotti and Adriano Giannini, or Ella & John – Paolo Virgi Leisure Seeker starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland.
There are also romantic comedies in the perfect Pride Month mood: This is the case with Katherine Heigl and Jenny’s wedding to Alexis Bledel.
titles not to be missed
Living – Rai Movie, 9.10 pm
Director: Francesca Arcibugi
Cast: Micaela Ramazzotti, Adriano Giannini, Massimo Ghini, Marcello Fonte, Roisin O’Donovan, Andrea Caligari
Year: 2019
Synopsis: We are in a Roman suburb made up of terraced houses, where the actor family lives: Luca, a freelance journalist specializing in black pieces; Susie, a dancer who teaches dance to overweight women; Lucilla, their six-year-old daughter, is full of imagination and suffers from severe asthma. At one point, Mary Ann, an Irish and art history student, enters their lives, a sidekick to little Lucilla, who will discover that good and evil have negotiable boundaries.
Jenny’s Wedding – La5, 9:10 PM
Director: Mary Agnes Donoghue
Cast: Katherine Heigl, Alexis Bledel, Tom Wilkinson, Linda Emond, Grace Gummer, Matthew Metzger, Kathleen O’Malley, Sam McMurray, Alex Wake, Diana Hardcastle
Year: 2015
Synopsis: Jenny Farrell is a young lesbian woman. Everyone is aware of this aspect of her personal life, except the family who are quite conservative and expect their daughter to find the right guy sooner or later. So, when Jenny tells them she is getting married, they jump with joy. However, his enthusiasm is extinguished when he introduces his bride-to-be, Kitty, who he thought was just his roommate. All family balance collapses and Farrell finds himself at a crossroads: lose his daughter or accept a change in perspective.
Ella & John – The Leisure Seeker – Sky Cinema Romance, 9 PM
Director: Paolo Virgi
Cast: Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland, Janelle Moloney, Kirsty Mitchell, Robert Walker Branchaud, Joshua Mickel, Christian McKay
Year: 2018
Synopsis: In the ’70s, Ella and John Spencer go on vacation with their two children in an old camper called The Leisure Seeker. Now the couple, who are no longer very young, have decided to drive it out of the garage and head for Old Route 1, thus avoiding the destiny of medical care that would separate them forever.
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Dreaming of Paris – Rai1, 9:30 PM
Director: Claire Niederprum
Cast: Mallory Johnson, Joshua Sasse, Lachlan Neibor, Greg Haney
Year: 2021
Italy Zindabad – November at 9:25 PM
Director: Massimiliano Bruno
Cast: Raul Bova, Alessandro Gassmann, Michele Placido, Ambra Angiolini, Edoardo Leo, Maurizio Mattioli, Rocco Papaleo, Rolando Ravello, Sara Felberbaum, Emma Piro, Camilla Filippi, Massimiliano Bruno, Lucia Ocon, Paola Minaccioni, Isa Barzizza, Remo Remotti, Nini Bruschetta, Nicola Pistoia
year 2012
Kidnapping- Rai4, 21.20
Director: Luis Prieto
Cast: Halle Berry, Lew Temple, Dana Gourier, Malia Rose
Year: 2017
The Great Wall – Italy 1, 9:20 PM
Director: Zhang Yimou
Cast: Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Jing Tian
Year: 2016
In the Blood – 20, 21.05
Director: John Stockwell
Cast: Gina Carano, Danny Trejo, Cam Gigandet, Stephen Lang, Amaury Nolasco, Luis Guzman, Treat Williams, Yvette Yates, Eloise Mumford, Hannah Cowley
Year: 2014
Don Juan de Marco – Master of Love – Warner TV, 9:30 PM
Director: Jeremy Leven
Cast: Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Geraldine Pielhaus
Year: 1994
A Woman as a Friend – Cine34, 9:00 PM
Director: Giovanni Veronesi
Cast: Fabio De Luigi, Laetitia Casta, Valeria Solarino, Monica Scatti
Year: 2014
40-year-old Kumari – 27, 21.10
Director: Judd Apatow
Cast: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romani Malko, Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks
Year: 2005
Terminator 2 – Judgment Day – Iris, 21.00
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick
Year: 1991
Split – Italy 2 at 9:15 PM
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Sterling K. Brown, James McAvoy, Anya Taylor Joy, Haley Lu Richardson
Year: 2016
Tornado Valley – Sky, 9.15 pm
Director: Andrew C. Erin
Cast: Meredith Munro, Cameron Bancroft, Pascal Hutton, Rachel Petty, Duncan Fraser, Ashley Michaels, Christine Chatelain, Sean Benson, Gary Chalk, Mark Pawson
Year: 2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Sky Cinema Collection, 21.15
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, Isabel Lucas, Frank Welker, Tyrese Gibson, Peter Cullen
Year: 2009