Vecchia domestica
Isla de Elba, 1814. Martino (Elio Germano), un joven e idealista profesor está enamorado de la hermosa baronesa Emilia (Monica Bellucci). En 1814, Napoleón (Auteuil) se ve obligado a abdicar y es desterrado a la isla de Elba. Una vez allí, le ofrece a Martino el puesto de bibliotecario. Es la oportunidad que el joven esperaba para matar al emperador y vengar la muerte de miles de jóvenes soldados. Pero, para su decepción, Napoleón ya no es lo que era.
Donnina
In a shabby residence on the coast between Livorno and Pisa, Mario, known as "Il Cormorano", a grumpy and disillusioned young man, works as a plumber to scrape together the sum necessary to realize his dream. He wants to join his uncle Piero in America to become an underground musician. His story is intertwined with that of Nevio, the cynical manager of the residence, of Gabriella, his naive and dreamy lover and of the maid Gaia who behind has a past as a drug addict, with whom Mario has a relationship of hate love. But reality is not as rosy as dreams:
Bruna
A failed restaurant owner on the brink of suicide is suddenly treated with extreme deference and kindness by a group of strangers who host him in their home, no less! Truth is they have mistaken him for the government agent they were waiting for and treat him well only to get allowance for their floundering ostrich-breeding business.
Mara's grandmother
From childhood to fatherhood, Piero learns things the hard way while growing up in a working-class neighborhood of Livorno.
