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Susanna Nicchiarelli

Susanna Nicchiarelli

Director and writer · Born May 6, 1975 (51) · Rome, Lazio, Italy

Susanna Nicchiarelli is a director and writer, born in 1975 in Rome.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 6, 1975 (51)
From
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 33% in 30 days

What are Susanna Nicchiarelli's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
25%
Society
23%
Survival
19%
Power
18%
Self
8%
Morality
8%
Oppression2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
4
Tense
3
Dread
2
Contemplative
1
Bittersweet
1

How their films linger

Haunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Susanna Nicchiarelli's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Susanna Nicchiarelli's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

14 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.

  • Fuochi d'artificio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Fireworks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator · Screenplay

  • Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara(2023)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Chiara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Writer

  • Miss Marx(2020)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Luna Nera(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Nico, 1988(2017)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Women Directors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Susanna Nicchiarelli

  • Per tutta la vita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Writer

  • Discovery at Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director · Screenplay · Story · as Barbara Astengo

  • Cosmonaut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Screenplay · Story · as Marisa

  • Giovanna Z., una storia d'amore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director · Screenplay · Actor

  • Ca Cri Do Bo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Happy Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Screenplay

Career shape

A full career of 14 titles, 12 of them dated from 2005 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara (2023)

$4.1M worldwide

Highest rated

Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara (2023)

Midcredits 82nd

Most popular right now

Luna Nera (2020)

Film career

  • 2009Screen debut· Cosmonaut

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting4 of 14: 1 only acting, 3 with another roleDirecting12 of 14: 2 only directing, 10 with another roleWriting11 of 14: 1 only writing, 10 with another roleOther crew1 of 14: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

14 titles, 10 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 10 of them.

By decade

2000s2 · 2 acting · 2 crew2010s4 · 2 acting · 3 crew2020s6 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Susanna Nicchiarelli's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

2 of their 4 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · director

Luna Nera (2020)

59th percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara (2023)

Midcredits 82nd · 71% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 66/100 and the pacing 40/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Susanna Nicchiarelli work with?

People who share at least 2 of Susanna Nicchiarelli's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alessio Lazzareschi shares the most, 3.

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers