Petra Biondina Volpe

Alice and Peter are celebrating their retirement and are looking forward to a new phase in their lives. Then Alice finds out that her best friend Magalie, who dies completely unexpectedly, had been having an affair in France for 15 years. The confrontation with the finiteness of life plunges Peter into an existential crisis: to the great chagrin of Alice, who is a bon vivant, he becomes a total health fanatic. When Peter invites Heinz, Magalie's widowed husband, to join him on a cruise, which Alice hopes will breathe new life into a marriage, their harmonious retirement is over.

Take a culinary journey through the Abruzzo region of Italy, known as the “greenest region of Europe,” with two of Detroit’s finest chefs. When Luciano DelSignore of Southfield’s Bacco Ristorante returns home for his cousin’s wedding and to cook for his family, he recalls what made him fall in love with the farm-to-table simplicity of Abruzzo culture. Along for the ride is James Rigato, DelSignore’s mentee and chef at renowned eateries The Root and Mabel Gray.

Suíça, 1971: Nora é uma jovem dona de casa e mãe que vive com o marido e seus dois filhos em uma pequena vila pacífica. Aqui, no campo suíço, pouco ou nada se sente das grandes revoltas sociais que o movimento de maio de 1968 causou. A vida de Nora, também, não foi afetada; ela é uma pessoa reservada, calma, muito querida por todos - até quando ela começou a fazer ativamente campanha publica pelo direito de voto das mulheres, uma questão que será colocada diante dos eleitores do sexo masculino em 7 de fevereiro de 1971.

Suíça, 1971: Nora é uma jovem dona de casa e mãe que vive com o marido e seus dois filhos em uma pequena vila pacífica. Aqui, no campo suíço, pouco ou nada se sente das grandes revoltas sociais que o movimento de maio de 1968 causou. A vida de Nora, também, não foi afetada; ela é uma pessoa reservada, calma, muito querida por todos - até quando ela começou a fazer ativamente campanha publica pelo direito de voto das mulheres, uma questão que será colocada diante dos eleitores do sexo masculino em 7 de fevereiro de 1971.

Heidi, uma pequena órfã, vive uma alegre infância junto do seu avô nos Alpes Suíços. Com Pedro, o seu melhor amigo, Heidi passa os dias a tratar das cabrinhas e a passear livremente pelas colinas. As maravilhosas paisagens são o cenário perfeito para as aventuras desta dupla incansável. Até que um dia, a tia de Heidi a leva para uma rica mansão de Frankfurt com a intenção de a colocar como dama de companhia de Clara, uma menina paraplégica que vive confinada a uma cadeira de rodas. Embora de mundos muito diferentes Clara e Heidi mal podem imaginar que o primeiro encontro seria o início de uma marcante amizade.

An affluent city is covered in snow, all seems perfect – on the surface. Divorcé Rolf is doing his best to rebuild his relationship with his daughter. Pregnant Lena appears to be living a faultless family life with her husband and son. Social worker Judith has a tough job and escapes it through her fantasies, whilst widowed Maria has finally built up the courage to invite her male acquaintance to a romantic dinner. In the course of one day, all of them will cross paths with the Bulgarian Mia, who works in the red-light trade and their seemingly perfect lives will never be the same…

An affluent city is covered in snow, all seems perfect – on the surface. Divorcé Rolf is doing his best to rebuild his relationship with his daughter. Pregnant Lena appears to be living a faultless family life with her husband and son. Social worker Judith has a tough job and escapes it through her fantasies, whilst widowed Maria has finally built up the courage to invite her male acquaintance to a romantic dinner. In the course of one day, all of them will cross paths with the Bulgarian Mia, who works in the red-light trade and their seemingly perfect lives will never be the same…

André, 55, lives with his mother Louise, 80, and leads an unspectacular life. He works as a taxi driver while the elderly diva dreams of bygone days as an actress in Hollywood. One day the charismatic Bill, 50, an American, turns up on their doorstep - a stranger who will soon turn their quiet life upside down.

Leni, in her mid-fifties, runs the local bakery with her son in a small Swiss town. When she falls in love with a much younger Argentinean dance teacher, her world is turned upside down.

Leni, in her mid-fifties, runs the local bakery with her son in a small Swiss town. When she falls in love with a much younger Argentinean dance teacher, her world is turned upside down.

Just as Lolo, a gay Italian-Secondo, is getting ready to spend a romantic evening with his lover, his Italian Nonna makes an unexpected appearance.