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Does the autumnal mood, with its melancholy, trigger the desire for poignant stories in you? So if you intend to relax in front of the TV tonight, you can zap until you find A Star Is Born, an award-winning film directed by and starring Bradley Cooper who has a very good Lady Gaga by his side.
There are some interesting first visions, such as A Life on the Run (with Sean Penn behind and in front of the camera, with his daughter Dylan by his side) and VC Andrews’ Ruby (based on the homonymous novel by VC Andrews).
The titles not to be missed
VC Andrews’ Ruby – Rai 2, 9.20 pm
Director: Gail Harvey
Cast: Raechelle Banno, Karina Banno, Gil Bellows, Naomi Judd
Year: 2021
Plot: We are in Louisiana, in the 60s. Ruby Landry lives in the swamps with her grandmother Catherine, a healer. Shortly before her death, her grandmother reveals that her father lives in New Orleans and that she has a twin sister.
A Star Is Born – Channel 5, 9.20pm
Director: Bradley Cooper
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott, Dave Chappelle
Year: 2018
Plot: Jackson Maine is a well-known musician, who one evening after a live encounters Ally, a girl who is performing in a club. Impressed by her voice, he decides to give her a hand and put her in the spotlight of hers, ending up falling in love with her.
A life on the run – Sky Cinema Due, 9.15 pm
Director: Sean Penn
Cast: Sean Penn, Dylan Penn, Josh Brolin, Norbert Leo Butz
Year: 2022
Synopsis: John Vogel is a maverick father, who teaches his daughter Jennifer to live a life of risk and adventure. She the latter, growing up, realizes that her father has made reckless choices that have led to certain consequences. The girl then decides to build a life of her own, away from her unstable childhood. But as John’s crazy plans continue to escalate, she can’t help but be drawn to her father and her most devastating adventure yet.
Inspired by the true story of the most notorious forger in American history.
The other proposals
Ask me if I’m happy – Italy 1, 9.20pm
Director: Aldo Baglio
Cast: Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti, Marina Massironi, Antonio Catania
Year: 2000
The Imitation Game – Nine, 9.25pm
Director: Morten Tyldum
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Rory Kinnear, Charles Dance, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard
Year: 2014
The law of the strongest – Rai 4, 9.20 pm
Director: Deon Taylor
Cast: Frank Grillo, Naomie Harris, Reid Scott, Mike Colter, Tyrese Gibson
Year: 2019
Morgue Candidate – Warner TV, 9pm
Director: Jack Lee Thompson
Cast: Charles Bronson, Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Shell
Year: 1975
Monster – Rai Movie, 9.10 pm
Director: Patty Jenkins
Cast: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern and Lee Tergesen
Year: 2003
A beautiful bag – Cine34, 21.00
Director: Carlo Verdone
Cast: Carlo Verdone, Mario Brega, Renato Scarpa, Veronica Miriel
Year: 1980
Mr Nice Guy – 27, 9.10pm
Director: Sammo Hung
Cast: Jackie Chan, Richard Norton, Miki Lee, Karen McLymont
Year: 1997
Cast Away – Iris, 9.00 pm
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Lari White, Peter Von Berg
Year: 2000
Miss FBI-Special Infiltrator – La5, 9.10 pm
Director: John Pasquin
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Regina King, Enrique Murciano, William Shatner, Ernie Hudson, Heather Burns
Year: 2005
Terror at high altitude – Sky, 21.15
Director: Fred Olen Ray
Cast: David Chokachi, Tia Carrere, Dee Wallace-Stone, Janis Peebles, Meghan McLeod, Tim Abell
Year 2012
American Assassin – Sky Cinema Action, 21.00
Director: Michael Cuesta
Cast: Dylan O’Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Taylor Kitsch
Year: 2017
