Claudio Santamaria
8 titles
Filmography
8 results

Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood
(2012)During the 2001 G8 Summit, Italian police initiate a violent crackdown against demonstrators housed at the Diaz Pascoli School.

Freaks Out
(2021)Set in Rome during World War II, a group of four circus freaks with supernatural powers become the target of a 12-fingered Nazi.

Forgive Us Our Debts
(2018)Threatened by creditors, a newly unemployed man agrees to work for a debt collector, but soon discovers his deal with the devil has unexpected costs.

Besieged
(1998)While in exile in Italy, an African woman finds herself trying to get back home and free her imprisoned husband. But the only man that can help her do so is in love with her.

The Return
(2024)After 20 years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king finds much has changed since he left to fight in the Trojan War. His beloved wife, Penelope, is a prisoner in her own home and hounded to choose a new husband. Their son faces death at the hands of suitors who see him as an obstacle in their pursuit of Penelope and the kingdom. Odysseus is no longer the mighty warrior his people remember, but he must face his past to save his family.

Elf Me
(2023)Trip is a builder Elf working in Santa’s factory who prefers making bizarre and dangerous weapons rather than toys. Fate will lead him to meet Elia, a shy and peculiar kid from a village in the Italian mountains. Initially at odds, the two must learn to put aside their differences in order to save Christmas from a ruthless businessman who wants to spoil everyone’s favorite holiday!

The Big Fake
(2025)An aspiring artist becomes a master forger for criminal gangs lurking in the underbelly of 1970s Rome in this drama film inspired by true events.

The Card Player
(2004)In this sharp procedural thriller, a sadistic killer forces police to play online poker for victims' lives. Dario Argento brings his unmistakable touch to the investigation, blending cold digital tension with bursts of stylish terror as detectives race to outplay a murderer who always stays one step ahead.