What to watch on TV this week? Our selection of the best films that aired on free-to-air channels from 14 to 20 August 2023.
What to watch on TV this week? The best movies to watch on TV from 14 to 20 August 2023.
BEST PRIME TIME MOVIES
From 14 to 20 AUGUST 2023
MONDAY, 14 AUGUST at 21.20 on Ret 4
COVERED WITH UNUSUAL FATE IN THE BLUE SEA OF AUGUST
From Lina Wertmuller With Mariangela Melato, Giancarlo Giannini, Riccardo Salvino, Isa Danieli, Aldo Puglisi, Luis Suarez, Lucrezia De Domitio, Giuseppe Durini, Anna Melita, Eros Pagni
(comedy)
Synopsis: Raffaella, the wife of a wealthy Milanese industrialist, is enjoying her holiday aboard a luxury yacht the couple have chartered. During his stay, he does nothing but flaunt his social position in relation to Gennarino Caruncio, the helmsman. One day, the woman wakes up late and demands that the man accompany her to the mainland in a small boat to join her friends, but they are shipwrecked on a deserted island where they are overwhelmed with passion.
TUESDAY, 15 AUGUST at 21.20 on 1st TV on Rai 2
9 CALIBER
From Tony D’Angelo (II) With Marco Bocci, Barbara Bouchet, Alessio Boni, Xenia Rappoport, Michele Placido, Eric Gordon
(crime, thriller, thriller)
Synopsis: Milan. Fernando, son of Hugo Piazza, is a brilliant criminal lawyer raised by his mother Nelli with the intention of making him a different person from his father. When a scam occurs in the city, the prime suspect turns out to be Fernando’s client.
WEDNESDAY, 16 AUGUST V watch 21.30 on 1st TV on Channel 5
PROFESSOR AND MAD
From PB Shemran With Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Marsan, Jennifer Ehle, Steve Coogan, Stephen Dillane, Ioan Griffith, Lawrence Fox, Jeremy Irvine, Lars Brigmann, Brian Murray, David O’Hara
(biographical, drama, thriller)
Summary: the film tells the true story of the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary, one of the most ambitious compilation projects in history, a story about the madness and genius of two extraordinary and obsessed men who forever changed the course of historical literature.
THURSDAY 17 AUGUST at 21.00 at Cine34
LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL
From Charles Verdone With Carlo Verdone, Isabella De Bernardi, Mario Brega, Renato Scarpa, Veronica Miriel, Luciano Bonanni, Filippo Trincha, Filippo Ciro, Sandro Giani, Fausto Di Bella, Pietro Zardini, Maria Mizar Ferrara
(comedy)
Synopsis – Carlo Verdone plays five characters: a bully, a priest, a middle-aged hippie, a professor, and a panting guy.
FRIDAY, 18 AUGUST V watch 21.30 on 1st TV on Channel 5
MEET CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
From Simon Curtis With Donal Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Will Tilston, Kelly MacDonald, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Alex Lawther, Stephen Campbell Moore, Geraldine Somerville, Nico Mirallegro, Richard McCabe, Simon Williams, Sean Dingwall
(biographical, family)
Summary: story by A. A. Milne. Inspired by the toys of his son Christopher Robin, the writer creates fairy tales about Winnie the Pooh. Together with his mother and nanny, the little boy is amazed by the international success of his father’s books.
SATURDAY, 19 AUGUST V watch 21.00 on Iris
THESE GOOD GUYS
From Martin Scorsese With Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Chuck Lowe, Frank Dileo, Frank Sivero, Tony Darrow, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, Frank Adonis, Catherine Scorsese, Gina Mastrogiacomo, Debi Mazar, Julie Garfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Corrigan, Charles Scorsese, Susanna Shepherd, Margo Winkler, Welker White
(dramatic)
Synopsis: An Italian-Irish American makes a career in the New York mafia of the 50s, but the life of a gangster brings unexpected surprises.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 20 at 21.00 on Iris
SKINS
From Barry Levinson With Kevin Bacon, Brad Pitt, Ron Eldard, Billy Crudup, Jason Patric, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Vittorio Gassman, Joseph Perrino, Brad Renfro, Jonathan Tucker, Jeff Wigdor, Minnie Driver, Eugene Bird, Terry Kinney, Bruno Kirby, Frank Medrano
(thriller, drama)
Synopsis:17 Hell’s Kitchen, East Side of Manhattan, Summer 1966. Four boys, Lorenzo, Michael, John and Tommy, pull off a stunt against a hot dog vendor, nearly killing an elderly man at the subway exit. Sentenced to 18 months in a correctional facility, the boys come out of a terrible experience especially experienced in the soul and decide to take revenge after 10 years.
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