- L’amica geniale (My brilliant friend) (7th episode, II season of the TV series, 2019). Lenù, one of the protagonists, studies at the Scuola Normale Superiore, whose main office is located here, in the Palazzo della Carovana: some scenes were shot in this square and inside the palace.
- Ora o mai più (Now or Never) (2003) directed by Lucio Pellegrini, screenplay by Pisan Roan Johnson, with Violante Placido, Elio Germano, and Riccardo Scamarcio. The film is largely shot in Pisa, the protagonists are university students who go from the occupation of a social centre to parties, debates, and finally end up at the G8 in Genoa. In a scene in Piazza dei Miracoli, a banner unfolds from the top of the tower of Pisa, a symbol of this student’s struggle, with the words: This is straight, it is the world that is warped.
Piazza dei Cavalieri
