Simone Rosati

Italy, from the '80s to the present day, told through the dreams, loves, successes and failures of four friends.

Graças a um erro burocrático no paraíso, Paolo ganha 92 minutos a mais de vida após morrer em um terrível acidente. A partir desse momento, o homem é obrigado a refletir sobre a própria existência.

Uma grande família se reúne em uma ilha em Nápoles para comemorar as bodas de ouro dos avós, Alba e Pietro. Porém, quando em meio as festividades uma tempestade faz com que o numeroso grupo fique preso na ilha, eles são obrigados a encarar os rancores e hipocrisias escondidos por muitos anos na família.

Em uma aldeia na Sicília, Pietrammare, pontual como o horário de verão, vem o tempo da eleição para a escolha do novo prefeito. Dominando por anos sobre o lugar, está Gaetano Patane, o prefeito histórico da pequena cidade siciliana. Um lobista pronto para usar toda a política de armas para criar um consenso em torno dele. A ele se opõe Pierpaolo Natoli, um professor na casa dos cinquenta, que foi para a política pela primeira vez, apoiado por um pequeno grupo de ativistas para fornecer a filha de 18 anos, Betty, uma alternativa por ocasião de sua primeira votação . Nossos dois heróis Salvo e Valentino estão em lados opostos: o manhoso Salvo oferece seus serviços a Patane, desde a vitória em todas as pesquisas; enquanto Valentino toma o campo ao lado do Natoli. Além da rivalidade, porém, ambos têm como objetivo alcançar um "favor" que poderia mudar suas vidas: um pequeno quiosque de bebidas colocadas na praça principal da vila que iria expandir a clientela e os rendimentos.

A wealthy broker, Federico Picchioni, within two days forfeits his partner and work, finishing well to living with two children and granddaughter (abandoned by her father). He is, at this point, in the face of many difficulties of adjustment but finds comfort in the help of his neighbor.

A ne'er-do-well who's married to a millionnaire realizes his financial trouble might be solved if his wife was dead - and sets out a plot to achieve just that. A remake of Dino Risi's "il vedovo".

Paolo needs to reach the castle of Alberto Caccia, where he was invited to spend Christmas with his family and Margherita, the ninth month of pregnancy. With them there will also be blessed, daughter of Alberto and childhood friend of Margherita, who was also pregnant. Among various mishaps and blunders, Paolo will combine another of his, coming to make everyone believe, because of a misunderstanding, that Alberto's died for his fault.

Two cousins haven't spoken for almost twenty years, thanks to the enmity that their fathers feel toward one another. But an accident suddenly brings the cousins back together and thrusts them deep into the heart of the mafia.

Leftist radical-turned-terrorist Giorgio—who fled to Latin America in the '70s to escape justice—decides to surrender after hearing about the fall of the Berlin Wall. Determined to lead a comfortable, bourgeois life in his native Italy, he cuts a deal with a shady police chief, getting his sentence reduced in exchange for ratting out former comrades. Once released, Giorgio obsessively pursues his dream of becoming a "respectable" citizen, even if the way is paved with larceny, pimping, drug-dealing, rape, heist, and murder...

It’s a hard life for young Leo: his family just doesn’t understand why he’s a vegetarian lion. His solitude ends when he meets Avoria, the elephant queen, who has recently given birth to two calves with braided tails. Mysteriously widowed, Avoria is courted by dapper Zanco. By a series of misfortunes she is separated from her young. Leo steps in to take care of them: thus begins his search for legendary Milk Lake, during which he experiences all sorts of incredible adventures. This fable with a happy ending handles the themes of diversity and racism with engaging originality.