Jonathan Deman

THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY is inspired by the existentialist novel of the same name by G.K. Chesterton (1908). The novel is considered a metaphysical thriller, and our film could be considered the same, though it also can be thought of in more classical cinematic terms a psychological and supernatural thriller.

When six elementary school students suspect their missing teacher is Befana, a Christmas witch who delivers presents to good children, they set off on a magical journey to save her.

Salvo and Valentino are two Sicilian friends who have moved to Turin, and now run a small business together. They drive foreign tourists around in a double-decker bus, and Salvo always tries to approach the pretty girls.

Inspired by a true story Sons of Italy is a romantic tale of intrigue, perseverance and ultimate destruction set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Mediterranean, Naples and Amalfi Coast. Mike Morri (Sean Kanan), is a cargo ship captain who works the sea ports on a constant basis. He's a traditional Italian with definite opinions about family and propriety. On one of his working trips to the port of Algiers, he has a chance meeting with Nabila (Sanaz Alexander), a beautiful Algerian woman who has become the property of a cruel and demanding leader of the Fundamentalist Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) through her parents' unpaid debts at their deaths.

Isaac is a young musician, influenced by his father and his surroundings. He falls into an existential crisis and decides to get distance from his environments and surroundings which are keeping him away from being himself and from fulfilling his dream: to compose. He takes the opportunity to go to Sardinia, to live in S'Archittu, in a house on the cliffs, next to a house that has been unoccupied for a long time. During the 1940's the house was inhabited by a young piano player named Sophia. Isaac discovers her story, and it helps him get inspired and grow personally.