A racewalking athlete Maria runs a petrol station with a takeaway shop in a desolate mountain village, she is almost 30 years old, she may have little chance to fulfill her lifelong dream of success but at what cost?
Giovanni and Anna are a married couple in their sixties who have lived together all their lives, with honestly and dignity. However, in the past few years the economic crisis has hit town and work, Anna has not been able to keep up her payments and she has accumulated a debt with the tax authorities. For Giovanni and Anna this marks the beginning of an inexorable ordeal which will lead them to lose first their home, then their work, and ultimately their privacy.
Estamos en el frente noreste, tras los recientes enfrentamientos de 1917 en las mesetas. La historia se desarrolla durante una sola noche. Los acontecimientos se suceden de modo impredecible: a veces largas esperas donde el miedo te hace confiar, momento a momento, hasta que te toca a ti. Tanto es así, que la paz de la montaña es un lugar donde morir.
The Priest
Nostromo
A young man enters a brothel and sees a staged narration of a Chinese folk tale concerning a female pirate.