Marina Alessandra Marzotto

In recent days, Rome has been the scene of an unusual event: when it rains, the manholes exhale a dense steam of unknown origin and composition. No one knows that those who breathe in the mysterious substance will have to deal with what they repress, their darkest instincts, their anger. Not even the Morel family. Since Cristina’s death in an accident a year earlier, the love of her husband Thomas and their son Enrico has given way to a forced cohabitation, while the youngest of the family, Barbara, would only like to see them united again as they were before. The accident could have been avoided, both Thomas and Enrico know it. Instead of taking responsibility and moving on, they stopped talking to each other. Now they are two souls full of rage, trapped in a Rome that resembles them: dark, nervous, on the verge of exploding.

로스엔젤레스에서 홀로 살고 있는 모니카는 어머니가 위독하다는 소식을 듣고 그녀의 고향 오하이오로 돌아간다. 20년 만에 방문하는 고향엔 아픈 어머니를 돌보고 있는 오빠 폴과 그의 아내 로라, 모니카가 처음 보는 조카들과 오랫동안 어머니의 간병을 맡아 온 레티시아가 있다. 그들은 외면적으론 모니카를 따뜻하게 맞아 주지만, 그 뒷면에는 고향을 등지고 매정하게 떠났던 그녀에 대한 서운함이 서려있다. 어머니와의 아픈 과거를 가지고 있는 모니카는 어머니가 돌아가시기 전에 그 상처를 치유하려고 노력하지만, 오히려 오랫동안 잊어버리고 살았던 가족과의 갈등만 깊어진다.

Peppino, a retired hitman for the Camorra, has now fully passed on his job and know-how to his single son, Nino. But when Nino is brutally assassinated, the old man is back in business to take revenge. Aside his everlasting love Rita and his longtime henchman Totò, Peppino will go to any lengths, even if it means bringing the Camorra down.

In the summer of '75 Pier Paolo Pasolini's film, "Salò", is stolen from the lab where he is editing it. This is just the first step of an intricate plan that will bring the great poet to his violent death.