Maria Francesca Fogagnolo

When Vlada Koza, a mature Ukrainian woman, intrusive and caring, becomes a grandmother for the first time, she drops everything and travels to Sicily from her home in the Carpathian mountains to join her daughter... without warning! But the girl does not appreciate her mother's suffocating attention, so she puts her at the door without much hesitation. Thus, Vlada finds herself alone and penniless in the Sicilian hinterland. An unexpected car accident makes her become the unlikely governess of Don Fredo, boss of the Laganàs: a dysfunctional mafia family struggling to survive in the modern world. The irrepressible intrusiveness of Vlada, who loves feeling useful, taking care of others, fixing things and giving advice, seems to bring a hint of palpable well-being within the walls of Villa Laganà... At least until the day she finds out who Don Fredo and his children really are!

Com uma carreira profissional brilhante em Londres, Serena, arquiteta italiana de Abruzzo, decide voltar a trabalhar na Itália, em Roma. Todavia, para uma mulher conseguir um trabalho à altura de sua qualificação revela-se um tanto difícil, até o momento que decide se passar por homem. Assim, consegue se envolver num projeto de revitalização do bairro de Corviale. Sempre em Roma, conhece Francesco, homossexual com o qual desenvolve uma profunda amizade.

Quando políticos frustrados nomeiam uma figura histórica para ser o próximo presidente, um homônimo humilde e honesto se torna o líder da Itália.

Every Thursday a group of ladies would gather to play cards and discuss their loves, lives and children while their daughters played in the next room. Thirty years later, the daughters meet at a funeral for one of the mothers. Like their mothers, they discuss their hopes, dreams and fears.

Three workers of a tire factory, in southern Italy, lead the struggle against the American company owner of the factory who wants to close the Italian branch in which they work.