Desideria Rayner

A turbulent mosaic of intertwined stories amidst the inescapable Italian heat.

In her early forties, Sofia lives in the mountains, isolated from the world, a place where even basic Internet technology seems to be an unknown entity. She runs an old farmhouse, located at the highest point outside the village, an age-old structure that she has converted into a holiday farm, whilst taking tending to her cows, her curative herbs and producing special milk used for the making top-quality Parmesan. One day, a foreigner from a well-known telecommunications company shows up. He considers that particular location the ideal spot to erect a cellphone repeater, a tower that will bring progress not only to Sofia, but to the whole area… How can ancient customs, peaceful silence and recipes coexist with the inevitable approach of new technologies which can improve our lives?

Gioia has just turned 18. She lives with her father Bruno in a small country village where she works as a shepherdess. They live very simply yet harmoniously with the villagers. Their lives are disrupted when Bruno gives in once again and once too many to his gambling addiction, in spite of his efforts to quit. Gioia will have to follow him to a faraway town, where he will be treated in a specialized center. This will radically change her existence, forcing her to abandon the safety of the village, her friends and her habits. She will be all by herself to support her father, in his journey for a better life.

La historia de cuatro jóvenes amigos que comparten importantes puntos de inflexión en sus vidas y en sus transiciones de género.

Alma, Jean and Sebastiano, the children of divorced parents, arrive in Rome from Paris on a visit to their father. During a holiday, the family’s tensions come to the surface.

Paolo and Maria are two ordinary newlyweds who live just outside their town. One morning Paolo goes out to buy some fish and doesn't come home. Down in the main square, a woman has had a valuable necklace snatched by a teenager on a lark. When the thief gets away, Paolo, whose path has crossed that of the woman and the townspeople, is accused by the victim of pulling off the heist. He tries to run away but is picked up by a cop and taken to a basement, where the policeman orders him not to move and await his return.

Él es encantador, irónico, nostálgico. Ella está llena de vida, inteligente, apasionada, vive el momento.Cuando se encuentran, se enamoran al instante. Pero a medida que crecen uno al lado del otro, sus personalidades evolucionan: mientras Él es cada vez más alegre, Ella es la que comienza a sentirse melancólica. Y como esta película está construida a base de sus recuerdos subjetivos, influenciados por el estado de ánimo de Él y Ella, vamos a presenciar tantas historias de amor en ella como puntos de vista.

Professor Biondi is a depressed scientist. After his wife's death, he lives isolated from the world in the Nevada desert, near Area 51. He supposedly works on a top-secret project for the US government, but in actuality, he spends his days on the couch, listening to the sound of the Universe. His only contact with the outside world is Stella, who organizes alien-themed weddings for tourists on the prowl for extra-terrestrials. One day the Professor receives a message from Naples: his dying brother is entrusting him with his two children, so that they may live with him in America.

Salvo, un despiadado sicario de la mafia siciliana, cambia sus prioridades después de verse involucrado en una sangrienta emboscada.

El actor convertido en director Luigi Lo Cascio interpreta al talentoso arquitecto y ferviente ecologista Michele que se ha mudado de Palermo a su ciudad ideal, Siena. Tiene un trabajo exitoso y está viviendo un experimento soñado de funcionar un año sin agua corriente ni electricidad. No es sorprendente que también muestre una oposición apasionada a los automóviles y la conducción. Una noche, después de verse obligado a tomar prestado el auto de su jefe para recoger a un colega para una función de trabajo, la vida de Michele da un giro inesperado.

Luca and Gustav, two men in their 30s, have been a stable couple for eight years. Nothing to get worked up about in a western European country, you would think – and you’d be wrong. Even in Euroland there are places where the acknowledgment of the basic civil rights of same-sex couples is a hot issue. Suddenly, Gustav’s and Luca’s quiet private life has been turned upside down. When the Italian center-left coalition initiates legislation about same-sex partnerships in Italy, a national debate is triggered instantly. In a matter of days it turns into the hottest political and cultural issue on the national agenda while intolerant homophobic attacks increase dramatically.