Man in the waiting room
Naples, 1959. Pure Mathematics professor Renato Caccioppoli, Bakunin's grandson, is a tortured soul. Recently discharged from the psychiatric hospital, left by his wife, and increasingly disillusioned with academia and the Communist Party, he lives his last days with painful detachment.
Il Conte di Bassano
Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918). En julio de 1914, un barco de lujo zarpa desde Italia con los restos mortales de la famosa cantante de ópera Tetua. En el barco van sus amigos, famosos cantantes de ópera, y todo tipo de gente exótica. La vida a bordo es dulce, pero el tercer día surge un problema: hay que salvar a unos refugiados serbios, que han huido de la guerra y se encuentran perdidos en el mar.
Young radical Riccardo returns home after hiding out in South America for years, only to find out that he has no "home" left: his former comrades in arms have now either bourgeoisified or turned to drugs, and all they fought for seems to have set the stage for near-anarchy.
