Martina Monicelli

In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle..

Paola, a modern woman used to the hardships of modern life, takes her chance to make things right for herself.

天才建築家として国外で成功をおさめた女性セレーナは、故郷が恋しくなりイタリアに帰国する。しかし、イタリアにおける女性の就労状況は厳しく、仕方なくカフェでアルバイトして生計を立てることに。セレーナはカフェのオーナーであるバツイチ男性フランチェスコと心を通わせていくが、実は彼はゲイだった。やがて、ある集合住宅が再開発案を募集していることを知ったセレーナは、架空の男性上司をつくりあげて応募するが……。

田舎町で平凡に暮らす中年男が、ひょんなことからイタリアの大統領に就任。政治のことなど何一つ知らない新大統領が、"一般人の常識"で国政を変えていく。

The life and work of master Italian filmmaker Mario Monicelli (1915-2010).

Maria, a provincial Polish girl, travels to Milan to pay her older sister Eva a surprise visit. The sisters haven't seen each other in seven years and Eva has changed a lot. She lives in a luxurious apartment and dresses in designer clothes. Although she pretends to be an interpreter, Eva is actually a call-girl and, one night, fails to return from an appointment. Maria enquires at the hotel where Eva last worked. Eva's body is soon found. The investigation is conducted by Inspector Messina, a trendy cop. Maria and Messina become an inseparable investigating team. Maria poses as a call-girl in order to reveal her sister's killer and they use mobile phones to keep in touch.

A group of Italian tourists on a Caribbean holiday finds itself stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash.

Two neighbors, young Vincenzo and old Mr. Bartoloni, are utterly unhappy. On the one hand Vincenzo must lead a miserable and frustrating life as he cannot find any regular job, despite his Arts degree. On the other hand, Mr. Bartoloni is fed up with his despotic wife: the woman who used to be a beautiful artist is now a fat and shabby drunkard. The two men meet on a particularly sad night and, during an outburst Mr. Bartoloni asks Vincenzo to help him to get rid of his wife by simulating an accident with the promise of a considerable amount of money. At night Vincenzo can't sleep: Mr. Bartoloni wasn't joking and he is in a desperate need for money...

A beautiful film which is basically about a man, a piano player, who meets and falls in love with a beautiful and voluptuous woman, who, by some strange procedure, leaves the man unable to move but with a permanent priapism! After some time he becomes sick of it and she relieves his paralysis. Eventually she gets bored and decides to leave, but he can't take it because he loves her…