Manuela Ventura

Sigue a tres mujeres, Smita, Giulia y Sarah, de diferentes partes del mundo, que nunca se han conocido pero a las que les une algo íntimo y único.

It’s 1965 and Lia, a spirited young woman living in a small Sicilian town, is initially attracted to Lorenzo, the son of the most prominent (and possibly Mafia-tied) local family. His possessiveness eventually repels her. But soon after, he appears with his cronies to kidnap, rape and force her into a shotgun marriage, all with the collusion of the town’s authorities. Lia and her family refuse to accept this barbaric ‘tradition’ and, despite the constant intimidation and violence, they take their fight for Lia’s rights to court.

Two proud and estranged brothers, a disputed inheritance and a past that comes back. When he hears about the passing of his father - whom he has not seen in many years - Salvo returns to his native Sicily. He intends to convince his brother Lillo to sell the family farm and save his pizzeria, which is about to go bankrupt - a secret that he has kept even from his wife and children. But things will not be easy and Salvo will have to come to terms with his choices. A bittersweet comedy about family relations and how one never stops growing up, not even at fifty.

Una aventura de verano bajo el sol siciliano se convierte en una desgarradora historia de amor que obliga a un niño y una niña a crecer demasiado rápido.

Cetto la Qualunque, having set aside all political ambition, is now nothing more than an entrepreneur. But the news of the worsening condition of his aunt leads him to return to Italy, where something from his past will be revealed and, “doubtlessly,” all of our lives will be forever changed.

The life and times of Pippo Fava, a Sicilian journalist who fought the Mafia through his local newspaper in the '70s and early '80s, meeting an untimely end.

Basada en el libro de su hija, narra la vida del magistrado siciliano Rocco Chinnici, "padre" del grupo antimafia.

Narra las peripecias de un funcionario de una administración provincial, con quince años de servicio, que se dedica a la rutinaria pero cómoda tarea de expedir las licencias de caza y pesca. Vive feliz en casa de sus padres, mimado por su madre, y con una novia con la cual no tiene intención de casarse ni tener hijos. Pero su mundo se derrumba cuando el Estado decide eliminar las provincias. Antes que aceptar una indemnización y buscar otro trabajo, el protagonista acepta varios traslados a regiones remotas de Italia y finalmente se aviene incluso a trasladarse a Noruega para trabajar como guardián de una estación científica italiana en el Polo Norte.

En un pequeño pueblo de la región de Calabria, los hermanos Carbone llevan años viviendo del lucrativo negocio familiar: el tráfico de drogas. Eran hijos de pastores, pero ahora forman parte de la familia criminal calabresa del entorno de la ‘Ndrangheta. Luciano, el mayor, alejado del resto de la familia, intenta mantenerse al margen hasta que su conflictivo hijo Leo empieza a acercarse a su carismático tío Luigi y sus turbios negocios. Cuando Leo pierde el control una noche, los tres hermanos se ven forzados a unirse de nuevo para defender el honor y las vidas de la familia.

A policeman who spies on the lives of others, an important banker married to a housewife who poses as a noblewoman. A precarious young masseuse and an electrician madly in love. Very different lives that end up intertwining. But also extremely complicated and troubled lives ... Even if, after all, life is a wonderful thing ...

From a poem of Gabriele Frasca

Annetta, of Sicilian origins, is annoyed by the different treatments and freedoms reserved for men and women. Because of her rebellious attitude, the girl is locked up in the house of her relatives where she suffers an attempt of violence by her uncle. After returning to her parents, she finally gets married to her beloved Nicola.