Francesca Cutolo

According to Interpol, over ten thousand refugees of minors without parental care are wandering today in Europe, half of which are on Italian roads. "Despite the Fog" is a movie story about one of them. In short: Ali-Musa Sarhan, a refugee whose parents drowned while traveling by rubber boat on the Italian coast in search of a better life, is accepted by family, husband and wife who have lost a child. They are trying to find solace in little Arab and a sort of replacement for their early deceased son, Mark. Valeria (Donatella Finokjaro) and Paolo (Giorgio Tirabasi) are increasingly confronted with resistance from the environment and their own family, who do not accept their decision to keep Muhammad - It is also a story of a world that is increasingly sinking into xenophobic fog.

In the space of twenty-four hours the life of Anita, single and brilliant manager in career, is blown away by a hurricane of trouble.

뜨겁게 연애하다가 아이가 생기면서 조금씩 일상의 고단함에 지쳐왔던 루치아와 죠반니 커플. 서로 내색하지 않고 행복한 척 견뎌왔는데, 이런! 하필이면 루치아와 죠반니가 아들 파올리노를 낳은 1주년 기념일에 사단이 생기고 만다. 시작은 죠반니의 이기적인 이별 선언! 죠반니는 자신만을 위한 시간이 필요하다며 집을 나가고 우연히 만난 매력적인 여자 미켈라에게 한눈에 반한다. 홀로 육아와 일까지 해야하는 루치아의 일상은 점점 안쓰럽게 무너진다. 죠반니가 떠난 후 힘든 시간을 보내던 루치아는 끊임없이 재결합을 위해 노력하지만, 죠반니는 담담하게 새로운 사랑에 빠졌음을 고백한다. 배신에 대한 분노도 잠시, 루치아는 오랜시간 자신을 따뜻하게 바라보던 한 남자가 눈에 들어오기 시작하는데…

Now 25, brilliant Marta seems to have her whole life ahead after majoring in philosophy, but she has to face the ugly truth for young graduates in Italy: a complete lack of work opportunities outside of temp jobs. While babysitting for single mother Sonia, she starts to work at the call center of a company selling junk to housewives, quickly rising through its ranks and experiencing first-hand the fanatical and exploitative competition culture pushed on young employees. Around her revolve other people, like delusional supervisor Daniela, her boss Claudio, fragile coworker Lucio, and well-meaning but inconsistent union official Giorgio.

A group of actors meet with little money in a unofficial theatre in Naples' Spanish Boroughs. Director's plan is to travel to Sarajevo, still under siege, to stage a classic Eschilus' play about civil war in Tebe. While they rehearse in the theatre cast members come and go and another kind of war goes on every day in nearby streets of old Naples.

Five Neapolitan directors depict life in the city under the shadow of Mount Vesuvius for this anthology film of comedy, drama, surrealism, and political commentary.