Felice De Santis
Filippo's Father
神科医のジョバンニは、妻パオラ、娘のイレーネ、息子のアンドレアと幸せに暮らしていた。が、ある日、アンドレアが事故で死んでしまう。父ジョバンニは、事故の当日、息子とジョギングの約束をしていながら急患の往診に出てしまい、そのことで自分を責め、仕事もやめてしまう。家族はいつまでも悲嘆に暮れ、いつしかお互いの関係さえも悪化させていく。そんなある日、息子宛に一通の手紙が届く。それは息子のガールフレンドからのものだった。やがて、ガールフレンドと悲しみを分かち合ううち、家族の中にも少しずつ変化の兆しが見え始めていく……。
Rocco (segment "Frutto proibito")
Four stories about phobias, manias and other complexes.
prof. Storioni
Professor Lipari teaches in a public school and is in a full-on existential crisis. He has no faith in himself and in the possibility of changing the world for the better. At school, a former student of his who is also a teacher will change his attitude.
Majello's husband
In a high school in the outskirts of Rome, it's the last day before the summer holidays. A literature teacher reminisces the past year and wonders what will become of the students he cared for as if they were his children.
Second couple #2
Nanni Moretti recalls in his diary three slice of life stories characterized by a sharply ironic look: in the first one he wanders through a deserted Rome, in the second he visits a reclusive friend on an island, and in the last he has to grapple with an unknown illness.
Stefano
