Mario Patanè

Cetto la Qualunque, having set aside all political ambition, is now nothing more than an entrepreneur. But the news of the worsening condition of his aunt leads him to return to Italy, where something from his past will be revealed and, “doubtlessly,” all of our lives will be forever changed.

When an unemployed young man finds himself in dire straits and up to his eyes in gambling debt, he believes the only solution is to become a drug courier.

Мужчина и женщина. Влюбленность, кризис, предательство, расставание… Как пережить эти тяжелые минуты? Как вынести эту сердечную рану? Оказывается, растерзанные страстным чувством жертвы Амура могут найти много добрых советов в аудио-книге под названием «Учебник любви». Четыре романтические и в то же время смешные истории из жизни четырех влюбленных пар.

Lorenzo Caruso is a piscologist who lives in a provincial town with his daughter Giulia, the only company since the death of his wife. Suddenly Lorenzo's life is upset by the discovery that Giulia is part of a baby gang: she steals in supermarkets, she has already collected several complaints. Everything Lorenzo has always believed in: communication, understanding, freedom with your daughter is in crisis.

Eight episodes vaguely inspired to real events. The "fil rouge" is the relationship between the Italians and sex in the first years of 2000s. From prostitution to virtual sex all the categories are represented in a funny way that anyway tries to investigate this kind of reality.

A gay man and a lesbian, both having reasons to try going straight, end up as a couple!

A former policeman turns full-time robber and goes on a downward spiral of crime in 1970s Rome.

An evening at an Italian restaurant. Hosted by tolerant and relaxed Flora, various parties of middle-class people come in -- large and small, young and old, regulars and tourists, married and single -- to dine, converse, argue, celebrate, make confessions; to overhear other people's discussions, to interrupt them, to sing, listen to music, and enjoy life. The camera, just like the people, moves constantly from table to table, into the kitchen and the back room to observe the staff's petty jealousies and frustrations -- until two hours later it's time for everybody to go home.

Вы знаете, что Новый год - смертельно опасный праздник? За несколько часов до Нового года экстравагантные обитатели роскошного дома "Остров" уже готовы праздновать: елка сверкает, стол накрыт, стареющая графиня в объятьях молодого любовника, адвокат-мазохист достал свою любимую плетку, а свечи для торта удачно заменили динамитные шашки. Но разве в такую ночь можно обойтись без сюрпризов? К ничего не подозревающим любителям пикантных забав уже подбирается шайка грабителей и безумная орда лихих футбольных фанатов. Они умеют развлекаться на всю катушку, и ничего, если полгорода взлетит на воздух, главное - встретить Новый год с огоньком!

During the Middle Ages, a traveling executioner hires an apprentice to learn the finer points of torture and execution, and a young girl is given by her parents to a Catholic convent.

June 27, 1980, an Italian DC 9 flying from Bologna to Palermo falls in the sea close to the Ustica island. 81 people die. The official version is "structure failure" of the airplane, but a number of clues lead the journalist Rocco Ferrante toward a different truth. Thanks to his perseverance against the invisible wall erected by air force officers, politicians, judges, secret agents, we come to know that, with all probability, the DC 9 has been mistakenly shot by a missile during a sort of air fight among U.S., French and Libyan top guns.

Michele is a Communist MP who loses his memory in a car crash—although nobody seems to notice it. During a water polo match ahead of election day, he starts to remember his past life, revealing the picture of a man whose personal and political identity crisis mirrors the one of Italian communism.