Filmmaking brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani made history with this provocative masterwork, the first feature to win both the Palme d’Or and the Critics Prize at Cannes. For its raw yet surreal depiction of rural life, Padre Padrone was famously championed by Roberto Rossellini and Akira Kurosawa.

A multi-layered, multi-story melodrama, Nanni Moretti’s Three Floors assembles an all-star Italian ensemble for his latest character study. Charting the ripple effects of a car crash on a Roman apartment block’s residents, the film is one of considerable storytelling gusto and intelligence.