Drama based on the true life of a group of middle class and members of the Communist Party of Spain, who were involved in clandestine political activities during the sixties.
Josephe
1647, Santiago, Chile. Don Henrico banishes his daughter, Josephe, to a convent when he learns she loves Jeronimo, a mestizo who's a teacher in the household. The lovers meet in secret, a child is born, the pair are condemned to die, and prelates scheme to seize Don Henrico's fortune. A moment before Josephe's public execution, an earthquake devastates Santiago. Josephe finds her baby and flees the rubble; Jeronimo survives, escapes, and finds her. The reunion brings joy and rebirth. He wants to build a Utopian community, without priests. She believes they can reenter Santiago society, forgiven. Class, race, and religion dictate a world order: is there a place for these lovers?
Edvige
Для развития сюжета Чезаре Дзаваттини позаимствовал канву из классовой фрески Элио Петри «Рабочий класс идет в рай», более того начало фильма – это фактически точная цитата из фильма с Джан-Мария Волонте. Только рабочим – южанином у де Сике становится женщина – многодетная мать Клара Матаро (Флоринда Болкан), а вместо борьбы за свои права, после обморока на работе она уезжает подлечиться за счет фирмы на курорт в итальянских Альпах. Тем более, что атмосфера дома, сдобренная отсутствием наличности оставляет желать много лучшего: муж лежит со сломанной ногой, а безработный деверь усложняет и так непростую атмосферу.
Peasant woman
Four women spend the night in an old deserted sanitarium on a mountain. They each in turn fall into the the evil hands of a doctor…
Julia
Крупнейший промышленник Антонио Кано, слывший человеком властным и скрытным, после автоаварии потерял память и способность двигаться. Поскольку только он знает код от сейфа и номера тайных счетов в швейцарском банке, где мертвым грузом осели миллионы, родные и близкие пытаются растормошить его. Отец, жена, любовница, дети, друзья и даже слуги наперебой включаются в эту жуткую игру, умело и весьма изощренно воскрешая в его памяти картины детства, юности и молодости.
Feliciana
Shows the unfailing love of two women for the same man, one as his mistress, the other as his wife. The lives of these characters intertwine and are determined by the variegated fabric of delicate tradition and established vices shaky politics and intrigue of the society they live in. Based on the major novel (1877) by Benito Perez Galdos.
Águeda
Teresa and Peter settle down in their new home after the wedding. Things are going well until her childhood furniture arrives, sending Teresa into horrible flashbacks of turmoil from memories of her youth.
Margarita
Lorenzo is a handsome, intelligent, charming, elegant and liberal man. All he asks for is total devotion. And Margarita, foolishly, falls in love with him…
Isabel returns to Spain, after several years of absence, to be cured of a neurosis. His daughter Ana, whom he has not seen in all this time, decides to spend the holidays with her, taking advantage of the fact that her boyfriend has gone to study in Germany. During her stay in the sanatorium, Ana meets Mario, an attractive young man somewhat unbalanced, who tries to seduce her. Although at first she does not show any interest, little by little she becomes attracted to him.
A sensationalist television show unravels the sordid story of Luciano Fernández and analyzes the possible motives that led him to murder a child. (Inspired by a real event that occurred in the forest of Verrières, Paris, on May 27th, 1964.)
