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Stories Set in Milan
Milan works while the rest of Italy poses: banks, factories and fashion houses in a foggy northern plain. Postwar wealth made it the setting for stories about money changing people, fast. Visconti's Rocco and His Brothers arrived with the southern migrants; Antonioni's La Notte watches the rich go numb. Open Milan on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open Milan on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Milan
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Browse 25 books, 92 movies and 2 TV shows set in Milan.
My Name Is Vendetta
After old enemies kill his family a former mafia enforcer and his feisty daughter flee to Milan where they hide out while plotting their revenge.
Ask Me If I Am Happy
Aspiring actors Aldo Giovanni and Giacomo work dead-end jobs while focusing on their passion project: staging an adaptation of 'Cyrano de Bergerac'. However love for the same woman will end their friendship. Three years…
Rocco and His Brothers
When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.
La Notte
A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship in Milan.
One Direction: Where We Are – The Concert Film
Where We Are: Live from San Siro Stadium features the entire 23 track concert filmed at San Siro Stadium in Milan in June 2014 as well as 24 minutes of bonus content including backstage footage of One Direction and…
Cado dalle nubi
An aspiring singer from southern Italy who's just been dumped moves north to Milan where he falls in love and enters a TV singing competition show.
What a Beautiful Day
Checco an uneducated but self-satisfied fellow from Milan who has always dreamed of becoming a police officer fails his entrance exam for the third time. It must be said that at the oral examination Checco said that the…
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours. Pino Lella wants nothing to do…
Caliber 9
Just out of prison ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300000 that should have gone…
Mary Forever
A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job teaching in a reform school while he waits for a high school position. He tries to understand and motivate his handful of students…
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