Paola Lavini

In a police station in a small village, a sergeant interrogates a young and frightened postman, known as "Cacasotto". He, normally known for being calm and good-hearted, was arrested for having threatened a policeman on patrol with a knife. Eventually, Cacasotto begins to speak with the cop. And he tells what happened twenty years earlier to him and to his five best friends: Gianluca, Walter, Peppino, Margherita and his little brother, Andrea.

The protagonists of the story, two boys, Giorgio and Marco, come from two different worlds. An unexpected love binds them and emptiness attracts them.

Gioia has just turned 18. She lives with her father Bruno in a small country village where she works as a shepherdess. They live very simply yet harmoniously with the villagers. Their lives are disrupted when Bruno gives in once again and once too many to his gambling addiction, in spite of his efforts to quit. Gioia will have to follow him to a faraway town, where he will be treated in a specialized center. This will radically change her existence, forcing her to abandon the safety of the village, her friends and her habits. She will be all by herself to support her father, in his journey for a better life.

Sofia is the black sheep of her family. She is a 28-year-old gay girl who can’t help but cheat on her partner and struggles to find a stable job. She has left a little town in Calabria, her homeland in Southern Italy, to move to Milan, where she lives with her roommate Alessandro. Mauro is Sofia's brother. Reliable and loving, unlike Sofia with whom he has a troubled relationship, Mauro has never left Calabria and runs the family winery. Despite their opposite attitudes, Sofia and Mauro has one thing in common. Michela is Sofia's first and only love, but she is Mauro’s bride-to-be. When Sofia realizes that she is about to lose the woman of her life, she decides to go back home to Calabria and win back her true love. This unexpected return will break the delicate balance of Mauro and Sofia’s family and will force the two siblings to a showdown, when they will choose who they really want to be when they grow up. A story of rekindled loves, friendship, growth, and family.

Four stories set in the Sibillini mountains, in the heart of Italy

Summer 1994. Berlusconi has come into power and 16-year-old Elena, listening to Nirvana and starting to develop a political consciousness, can't wait to bring him down. Unfortunately her parents have other plans and, like every year, they head to the same boring summer camp. This year however they're all in for a surprise... A lighthearted coming-of-age set against the backdrop of an Italy facing the "end of history."

Inspirada na autobiografia 'Passo a passo - Minha história' de Carla Fracci. Começa com a história de Carla como uma criança no período imediato do pós-guerra, então uma adolescente e jovem em Milão nos anos 1950-1960, e conta como ela chegou ao sucesso e a difícil escolha de ser mãe em um momento crucial em sua carreira. Instinto, paixão e desafio, elementos que caracterizam a história de uma grande excelência feminina na Itália.

Três filhos de chefões da máfia são sequestrados pelos pais e mandados à Sicília em treinamento.

Alex and Claire have something in common, between recurring nightmares and restless memories, only time will allow them to understand what is happening or has happened. The truth is hidden in a time that the two protagonists do not even imagine.

While reporting on the election of the Pope in Rome, the completely atheistic journalist Gregory falls in love with Maria of all people, who is about to become a nun and is therefore actually promised to God. Gregory faces an accumulation of mysterious obstacles as he tries to get closer to Maria. He has to find out that he is dealing with a supernatural competitor. However, Gregory is determined to take up the fight against the big enemy.

A Vida Solitária de Antonio Ligabue conta a história de Toni, filho de imigrantes italianos, que após a morte de sua mãe, é adotado por um casal na Suíça. Entretanto, suas doenças físicas e mentais levam à sua expulsão do país. Após anos de miséria às margens do rio Pó, ele conhece o escultor Renato Marino Mazzacurati, que o convence a tentar pintar, colocando-o no caminho da libertação.

Threatened by creditors, a newly unemployed man agrees to work for a debt collector, but soon discovers his deal with the devil has unexpected costs.

A young girl with malformed ears uses fantasy to help her cope with classroom bullies and process the death of her father.

A biografia do mundialmente famoso tenor Andrea Bocelli. Depois que uma grave doença ocular o deixa cego aos doze anos, ele supera todos os desafios com o apoio incondicional de seus pais, e sua paixão pela música, traz a luz de volta à sua vida.

In 1943 the fascist regime forbids the production and selling of toys. Italia, a little girl educated according with the principles of the regime, decides to rebel and makes a big fuss. Her mother, afraid of repercussions, drags her to Rome to apologize to Minister Rizzi, who promulgated the law. It is the 25th of July and their small story will intertwine with history and with the end of fascism.

Aos sete anos, Jesus vive com sua família em Alexandria, Egito, onde eles fugiram para evitar o massacre de crianças pelo Rei Herodes de Israel. Jesus sabe que seus pais, José e Maria, mantêm segredos sobre seu nascimento e o tratamento que o faz diferente de outros garotos. Seus pais, porém, acreditam que ainda é cedo para lhe contar a verdade de seu milagroso nascimento e seu propósito. Com a morte do Rei, eles resolvem voltar para sua terra natal, Nazaré, sem saber que o herdeiro do trono, o novo rei, é como seu pai e está determinado a matar Jesus, ao mesmo tempo em que ele descobre a verdade sobre a sua vida.

Maggie Falk embarca em uma viagem para Itália, com Summer Falk, sua filha adolescente. Mas ao chegar lá, Summer Falk foge roubando o carro da mãe. Maggie Falk contará com a ajuda de um ex-namorado para encontrar a filha.

She's a divorce lawyer, single mother and perpetually at war against men, he is a couple's therapist, single and not looking, they meet and collide in a bourgeois and romantic Rome...

Two friends, founders of a cooperative that produce couches and that it is found in a situation of bankruptcy, a night, while they are digging for hiding some stems that it would cost too much to digest, they discover some oil. This will make contradictions and conflicts explode among the two.

Um antigo narcotraficante, que agora vive em paz nas colinas da Calábria, é arrastado de volta para a dinastia do tráfico de drogas da sua família pelo seu impetuoso filho adolescente.

In a small town in southern Italy lives the Di Gennaro family. Gennaro, the householder, is a noted dentist, married to Anna, a housewife, a few years away from converting to Buddhism. They have two sons: Roberto, last year medical student and guitarist in a small band, and Mattia who attended the first year of high school. The Di Gennaros appear to be a perfect family, but each character hides flaws and excesses.

The story of two renowned actors of Fascist cinema, Luisa Ferida and Osvaldo Valenti, who were supporters of the regime until the very end. Accused of collaborationism and torture, they were summarily executed by Partisans during the Liberation.

Nikki (Michela Quattrociocche) tem 18 anos e divide seu tempo entre os estudos no último ano do ensino médio e a ida em festas e clubes, juntamente com os amigos. Alex (Raoul Bova) tem 37 anos e uma carreira de sucesso como publicitário. Abandonado pela mulher que considerava ser seu "eterno amor", a vida social de Alex agora se restringe aos antigos amigos. Um dia a vida deles se cruzam, quando acidentalmente Nikki bate sua moto no carro de Alex.

A mystery-thriller about an Italian woman who moves to Davenport to open a restaurant. After her husband commits suicide, she spends fifteen years recovering at a Minnesota mental hospital. When she builds herself up enough to begin another restaurant, she discovers that a murder took place there fifty years earlier. She decides to investigate and finds a secret plot.

O Eurochannel convida-os a rirem e refletirem sobre uma história que retrata um mundo microscópico, que prova que a vida vale sempre a pena ser vivida. Venham e percebam a razão, apesar dos problemas e sofrimentos, de existir alegria e desejo de ver o novo raiar do dia!