Luciano Emmer Movies

Art documentary on the paintings of the French artist Balthus.

Three small films for as many reflections on the senses and human knowledge. In the first episode, Emmer reviews with anthological and didactic...

The color of an eternal city, Naples, it's people, it's sounds and its volcano.

Camilla, a middle-aged Venetian widow, arrives in Rome to take up service as a maid for the Rossetti family, who are not prosperous. With her...

The first art film by Emmer and Gras dedicated to Giotto's frescos in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. By capturing the humanity of the figures that...

A short Italian film from Luciano Emmer & Enrico Gras using paintings to tell a story of warriors.

The film tells the true story of a poor peasant woman in the 1600s who lived in an isolated cave in the Val di Non. Accused of witchcraft by the...

A documentary about the Venetian lagoon, with the words of Diego Fabbri narrating scenes of strips of land swallowed up by the sea, of small boats...

Short film in competition at the 1st Berlin Film Festival

A text read by the narrator traces the vicissitudes of the crucifixion of Jesus, while the objective of the two directors investigates the style of...

In 2009, shortly before his death, Luciano Emmer made this film, which is a revival of the one he made in 1950. All the views of paintings are...

A documentary on the paintings of Gerolamo Bosch.

The documentary focuses on Giotto's frescoes in Padua.

Second art short film dedicated to Giotto's work, this time to the frescoes of the Basilica of Assisi, with the words of the laude of St. Francis...

A film inspired by Piranesi's etchings.

The friendship between two high school friends is tested when they are forced to separate because of university.