The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything begins in the Summer of 1971, at the annual Summer beauty pageant held at Livorno’s most popular bathing establishment. Anna is unexpectedly crowned “Most Beautiful Mother”, unwittingly stirring the violent jealousy of her husband. From then on, chaos strikes the family and for Anna, Bruno and his sister Valeria, it is the start of an adventure that will only end thirty years later.
From childhood to fatherhood, Piero learns things the hard way while growing up in a working-class neighborhood of Livorno.
Five ordinary people disillusioned with politics—a perennial temp, a docker, a university professor, a TV reporter, and a convict—decide to kidnap a politician, to dispense justice and use the ransom money to compensate the family of a blue-collar worker who died in workplace accident.
Against the backdrop of the space race between the Soviets and the US, a 15-year-old girl struggles to affirm her political and gender identity in 1960s Italy.
Carlo is a doctor that has recently lost his wife. Affected by the loss, he is supported by his family and friends, and, above all, for the love he feels towards his little daughter. And then, one day, he meets Camille.
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.
Professor Lipari teaches in a public school and is in a full-on existential crisis. He has no faith in himself and in the possibility of changing the world for the better. At school, a former student of his who is also a teacher will change his attitude.
After meeting during their vacation, two young people with solitary lives suddenly come into a relationship that could benefit both of them.
A celebrity is murdered in broad daylight in the streets of Rome. Behind the murder lies a much more complex truth. The tracks, surrounded by a sultry milonga, leading to a gay commissioner.
Fifteen-year-old Sabrina has lived with her father since he split with her mother. As the film unfolds it gradually becomes clear that Sabrina is a victim of incest.
A Donatello award nominated short drama about a young woman who returns home on her thirtieth birthday to some answer-phone messages that lead her to reminisce.
Five soldiers and their punishment.
A renowned gynecologist receives anonymous death threats that seem to be related to his troubled past.
A bartender finds himself crushed by debt after his father's death and decides to repay it by hiding everything from his wife and son, who in the meantime are busy planning his father's wedding.
Four episodes – Christmas, May 1st (Labour Day), August 15th (Ferragosto), Halloween – to tell four stories that delve into the human soul.
On 20 November 2012, 15-year-old Andrea Spezzacatena took his life, becoming the first reported case in Italy of bullying and cyberbullying leading to a minor's suicide. The triggering incident was his choice to wear a pair of red trousers, a gift from his mother, which turned pink due to a washing mishap.
A 27-year-old suburban slacker entertains daily conversations bordering on paradoxical with his conscience, which manifests itself in the form of a human-sized armadillo. Based on the best-selling graphic novel by Zerocalcare.
Leonardo is still single and immature as ever at 50. Tired to see him like that, his daughter texts all his exes "I'm a changed man: let's try again", setting in motion an unexpected trip down memory lane.
Paola, a modern woman used to the hardships of modern life, takes her chance to make things right for herself.
Three families go into crisis when their daughters get engaged because they are convinced that their young daughters have all chosen a wrong partner.
For Valeria, her wedding day has arrived. Antonia spots the groom kissing a woman in an unmistakable loving manner and gifting her a jewel.
Four married couples find out their marriage is invalid because it was officiated by a fraudulent priest and have to decide what to do next.
When their father's will forces them to live together, siblings Nik and Tesla — and Tesla's kids — try to overcome their differences to become a family.
In Rome it hasn’t rained for three years and the lack of water is overturning rules and habits. Through the city dying of thirst and prohibitions moves a chorus of people, young and old, marginalised and successful, victims and profiteers. Their lives are linked in a single design, while each seeks his or her deliverance.
Bologna, 1976. The paths of two aimless young friends intertwine with those of Radio Alice, a pirate radio politically aligned with the leftist student movement.
On a first date in Rome, the inner voices of recently separated Piero and furniture restorer Lara speak aloud, exposing the true thoughts and anxieties hidden behind their conversation.
She hates men, he hates complications - but after one passionate night ties them together, these two irreconcilable opposites are forced to coexist... working at the same school, with a baby on the way! Can a staunch feminist and an oblivious chauvinist find common ground?
New film by Davide Minnella.
Antonio is a seventy-year-old gentleman, a former strict and impeccable judge. Having refused to accept his daughter's hospitality, he found himself in a strange place where, after completing an intensive course on the latest technologies of modern society, he will have to be adopted by families who request it.
A vividly interwoven tale of secrets and connections, Il rumore delle cose nuove centers on three families whose lives have quietly overlapped in the streets of Milan—unaware of each other—for years. Andrea, a photographer, and Andreina, a nurse, share a haunting truth: Andreina has given a part of herself to keep Andrea alive. Umberto finds solace in alleviating others’ pain at work, yet at home he inflicts suffering upon Alba, once hopeful, now dreamless. In another household, Ralph, who crafts sounds, and Viola, an actress who yearns to live as freely as she performs, are quietly struggling—alongside Mirko, a ten‑year‑old whose presence echoes loudly. As the story unfolds, their ordinary routines unravel under the weight of these “noisy” secrets—some seemingly trivial, others utterly unbearable. Chaos tumbles over the fragile bonds holding them together, forcing confrontations with truths they can no longer ignore.
A tour guide and a failed actress accompany four inmates to the Pollino massif, in search of the centuries-old Bosnian pine, a symbol of resilience. The journey quickly becomes a journey of transformation, filled with encounters and changes, punctuated by a music that takes shape step by step, becoming a collective voice capable of bringing together diverse bodies, emotions, and stories. In a harsh yet beautiful landscape, punctuated by unexpected solidarity, fragments of complex lives emerge, along with open wounds and a profound need to be seen and heard. Talking, singing, and naming what has been experienced becomes a way to release tensions and rediscover a sense of belonging, at least until a sudden event calls everything into question. Because, sometimes, sharing one's story is already a first step toward something bigger.