There Will Come a Day (2013)

Count Anikoff, a Russian officer, challenges his best friend, Sergei, to a duel when he finds him courting the young woman he, too, is in love with. Sergei can't bring himself to kill his friend. He fires only after taking the bullet out of his pistol. Now, it is the Count's turn to fire...

A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.

Irene, nicknamed 'Miele', has devote herself to people looking for help, and tries to alleviate their suffering even when they make extreme decisions. One day she has to cope with Grimaldi and his invisible malaise.

When a group of African immigrants builds a cardboard village between the pews of a church soon to be closed, an elderly priest must choose between his calling and his orders.

A Palestinian family is trapped inside a house commandeered by Israeli soldiers.

Inverno de 1943. Martina, oito anos de idade, vive na encosta do Monte Sole, não muito longe de Bolonha. É a filha única de uma família de camponeses que, como tantas outras, se esforça por sobreviver. Há poucos anos perdeu um irmão recém-nascido e desde então deixou de falar. Em Dezembro, a mãe engravida de novo e, na noite de 28 para 29 de Setembro de 1944, dá à luz um menino. Quase ao mesmo tempo, as SS levam a cabo buscas sem precedentes na região, que ficarão na história como o massacre de Marzabotto. Comentário Triste relato do massacre em uma vila de camponeses italianos durante a II Guerra Mundial. O caso retratado só foi julgado na Itália em 2005. Vergonhosos crimes de guerra. Feridas expostas. No início do filme, e em um outro momento de aflição, a mãe reza aos pés de uma imagem de Maria Santíssima, também grávida. Ambas esperam pelo homem que virá…

A farmaceutical salesman is involved in the spiral of corruption in the medical assistance of the welfare state system.

Actor turned director Luigi Lo Cascio stars as the talented architect and fervent environmentalist Michele who has moved from Palermo to his ideal city, Siena. He holds a successful job and is living out a dream experiment of functioning one year without running water or electricity. Not surprisingly, he also displays a passionate opposition to cars and driving. One evening, after being forced to borrow his boss’ car in order to collect a colleague for a work function, Michele’s life takes an unexpected turn. In the blinding rain Michele hits something he cannot identify. After leaving a note on a parked car he believes he damaged, he continues down the road only to come across a dead body a few miles down which he later discovers belongs to one of Siena’s most important luminaries. Michele immediately calls the police, but in doing so, he unwittingly brings intense suspicion on himself as his uncertainty raises more questions than he has answers for.

After the 8th September 1943 north of Italy is occupied by Germans. Italian army collapsed and the soldiers are escaped to the mountains trying to set up a resistance. Many civilians did the same and Johnny, an English literature student, is among them. Johnny avoids to band together the red partisans (communists) and tries to be part of the azure bands (former regular soldiers). But in both cases he is deluded by the partisan bands and discovers that the partisan war is less poetic and genuine that he thought. At one point anyway the partisans free Alba from Germans. When the city falls again in German hands Johnny escape with Ettore and Pierre. But, one after another, German army and Italian fascists captures the partisans and Johnny will pass the winter alone and isolated. He then finds the way to participate to one of the last attack to occupants, in fact the war will be over two months later.

Carlino Vigetti is pushed by his family to court the daughters of the Osti, landowners. But the return of their third daughter, the beautiful Francesca, will shatter the plans ...

The magical Mole Antonelliana (the cavernous Museum of Cinema in Turin, Italy) is the setting for a very unlikely love story. One fateful evening the museum's timid night watchman, comes to the aid of an enchanting young fast-food cook on the run from the police. The museum's dreamy kingdom of silent movie characters becomes a sanctuary for her as she awaits rescue by her devilish boyfriend.

A miss-matched couple embark on a frantic search for the Dead Sea Scroll hidden in the ancient city of Petra.

O cruzamento das histórias de Ágata, dona de uma livraria, madura, independente e apaixonada; Gustavo, irmão adotivo de Ágata insatisfeito com sua vida medíocre; e Romeo, irmão verdadeiro de Gustavo, que tem uma mulher a quem ama tanto quanto trai, resulta em muita comédia, ternura e suspense. E é a alegria e o magnetismo explosivo de Ágata diante de toda a ironia da vida que cria um paraíso de amor e liberdade para destruir a tempestade de vidas cheias de desejos não realizados.

An epileptic 12-year-old girl, Pippi, is hospitalized in the psychiatric ward instead of the neurological ward, due to an administration error. Out of this mistake begins the difficult journey towards being cured.

After growing up in Switzerland, 13-year-old Marta returns to a city in southern Italy with her mother and older sister. Independent and inquisitive, she joins a catechism class at a local church. However, the games and religious pop songs she encounters there do not nearly satisfy her interest in faith. Struggling to find her place, Marta pushes the boundaries of the class, the priest, and the church.

The story of the latest week on the earth before the announce of the landing of an extraterrestrial society on earth seen by the eyes of a misogynist man with only the desire solitude and routine.

Set in Genoa, the film concerns the financial struggles and emotional strain that occur after Michele loses his job. He and his wife Elsa are forced to give up their affluent lifestyle and cope with the tensions of moving into a smaller home, finding new work, and making sacrifices.

During a hot Sunday afternoon in a small Southern Italian town, a school serving as a polling place is occupied by a group of three locals and an Eritrean immigrant, all unemployed, desperate and armed.