In the late 1980s, Amedeo Letizia, a young 20 something Italian, leaves his hometown of Casal di Principe to pursue a career in acting in Rome. While he's making his debut, his younger brother Paolo is kidnapped by armed men. Amedeo comes back, this return being an infernal descent into his past and his region's contradictions.
Adriana
Procida, a little Island in the gulf of Naples. Last days of summer. The adolescence of Domenico is coming to an end, just like his tormented relationship with Marcello. Domenico looks for hospitality at Antonio's house, his best friend, but soon he finds himself alone with the thirteen-years-old Antonio's brother, Lallo. A journey of discovery starts, between adolescence and maturity. The meeting with Sara, a transsexual woman, will bring to light the desires of the two young boys.
zia Maria
When Deborah's ex-husband, a popular neomelodic singer, loses his life in a stage dive, Deborah worries for her eleven-year-old son, Ciro, who is exhibiting signs of depression. Searching for a solution, Deborah takes Ciro to see Tommaso, a shy child psychologist. During the course of their visits, Ciro confesses that it's not his father's death that has got him down, it's his love for his classmate, the beautiful Ludovica. The two make a deal: Tomasso will help Ciro to win the affections of Ludovica, while Ciro gives Tomasso a hand at having a chance with his mother.
Candidata al miracolo
Fulvio is the only one of the three brothers to have left the village to go to work in the city. Deputy chief of staff in a large company, he dismisses people without remorse until he gets fired himself and after being jailed for beating his superior, is entrusted to his brother, who's a pastor in the village where they grew up. Forced into a place far from the modern world, Fulvio decides to help the local church in crisis by inventing a miracle that makes everyone believe that the saint's statue weeps. Tourists and pilgrims rush to the village and are filling the pockets of local businesses until the Vatican decides to send someone to certify the event. Fulvio must confess the scam, but the entire village will rise to convince the envoys of the Holy City for the veracity of the invented miracle.
Impiegata Tribunale
Demetrio Perez is a tough prosecutor torn between the corruption inherent in his job and the desire to do right by his family. But when opportunity presents itself and his daughter Thea falls in love with a Mafioso’s son, Perez has to cut through the morality of his law-abiding roots and become as dirty as the dangerous criminals he represents.
Maria
나폴리에서 생선 장수를 하는 평범한 가장 루치아노, 넘치는 끼와 재능으로 친지들에게 즐거움을 주는 그는 어느 날 가족들의 권유로 리얼리티 쇼 ‘빅 브라더’ 에 도전, 1차 면접에 합격하여 마을의 스타가 된다. 동네 스타로서의 유명세를 만끽하던 루치아노는 로마에 가서 2차 면접을 치루고 돌아오지만 아무리 기다려도 최종 합격 소식은 오지 않는다. 하지만 그토록 염원하던 텔레비전 출연을 할 수 없게 된 현실을 그는 받아들이지 못한다. 그 후 스타가 되고 싶은 강박관념에 점점 더 깊이 빠져들며 자신의 평범한 삶에서 멀어져 간다. 스타 강박증에 빠진 그에게 현실 세계는 가짜처럼 느껴지고 반대로 꿈꾸는 세계는 점점 더 진짜처럼 느껴지기 시작하는데…
