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Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined.
Mauro, a judge, is worried about his older sister Marta, who took care of him since he was a boy, and now suffers from mental illness and suicidal thoughts. She seems to recover from her depression when Mauro acquaints her with Giovanni, a brilliant actor at the edge of legality. However, Mauro becomes unconsciously jealous of their relationship and tries to get Giovanni arrested.
Young shepherd
Aos seis anos de idade, Gavino é obrigado pelo pai a abandonar os estudos para trabalhar no campo, cuidando de ovelhas. Todas as suas tentativas de mudar de vida são abortadas pela ignorância e violência do patriarca. Aos vinte anos, ainda analfabeto, Gavino acaba entrando para o exército, onde pode enfim adquirir algum conhecimento de base. Renunciando à carreira militar, ele volta à sua terra para seguir estudando. No entanto, o choque com o pai é inevitável. Baseado no romance autobiográfico de Gavino Ledda. Vencedor da Palma de Ouro no Festival de Cannes 1977.
Two members of the fascist legion GOD WANTS IT, Michele and Luigi, both from Sicily, met in Malaga and became friends in the course of the 1936-39 counter revolution. Based upon the short story by Leonardo Sciascia.
inserviente Nicola
In 1958 Angelo, a rich and spoiled boy, enters a religious school, where students are tired of its vice-rector, and the strict rules and old-fashioned teaching methods of priests. Soon, Angelo exerts strong leadership among his peers and incites turmoil among them, helped by intellectual Franco and shy Camma. They expel the prefect from the school, organize a Grand Guignol show, and disappear the corpse of an old professor.
