Francesca Cutolo

Paolo, dueño de un restaurante en un pequeño pueblo de la provincia de Roma, regresa a casa después del trabajo en una tarde lluviosa. En el camino ve a un niño acurrucado en una parada de autobús y decide llevarle a casa. El niño se llama Mohammed y es un refugiado que perdió a sus padres durante el viaje a Italia. La presencia del niño molesta a la mujer de Paolo, Valeria, quien al principio se muestra indecisa y recelosa, aunque finalmente se aviene a acogerle durante aquella noche. Al cabo de un tiempo, Valeria cambia de opinión y decide quedarse con Mohamed contra viento y marea…

In the space of twenty-four hours the life of Anita, single and brilliant manager in career, is blown away by a hurricane of trouble.

The marriage of an actor and a freelance film editor breaks up unexpectedly in front of two filmmakers' camera.

Now 25, brilliant Marta seems to have her whole life ahead after majoring in philosophy, but she has to face the ugly truth for young graduates in Italy: a complete lack of work opportunities outside of temp jobs. While babysitting for single mother Sonia, she starts to work at the call center of a company selling junk to housewives, quickly rising through its ranks and experiencing first-hand the fanatical and exploitative competition culture pushed on young employees. Around her revolve other people, like delusional supervisor Daniela, her boss Claudio, fragile coworker Lucio, and well-meaning but inconsistent union official Giorgio.

A group of actors meet with little money in a unofficial theatre in Naples' Spanish Boroughs. Director's plan is to travel to Sarajevo, still under siege, to stage a classic Eschilus' play about civil war in Tebe. While they rehearse in the theatre cast members come and go and another kind of war goes on every day in nearby streets of old Naples.

Five Neapolitan directors depict life in the city under the shadow of Mount Vesuvius for this anthology film of comedy, drama, surrealism, and political commentary.