Lorenzo Adorni

L'amor fuggente

Fil and Mia are a close-knit couple and have lived together for years, although very different in character and attitudes: eclectic up-and-coming filmmaker he, methodical math professor she. Their routine is broken by an argument that culminates in an unexpected marriage proposal from Mia and Fil's subsequent elopement. This event triggers a set of stories that weave into a single narrative involving relatives and friends of the couple. Lives and loves at all ages will collide and intermingle only to end in a rousing surprise ending.

Adagio

Tangled up with blackmail and crooked cops, the son of a former gangster seeks out his father's old friends, who risk everything to save him.

Step Over

Claudio is the legendary captain of Carrarese Calcio, a leading force, both in football and family life. Everything seems to be going great: the team reaches promotion to Serie B ( higher league) and, together with his wife, he finally opens the restaurant he has always wanted to, in order to stabilise the family's economic future. The long-awaited Serie B, however, turns out to be a doom: Claudio's contract is not renewed due to his age. It will be the beginning of the decline, as an athlete and as a man. Claudio will be dragged into a vortex of events that will undermine his certainties and his own moral rigor.

A Gifted Man

When Eugenio Vassallo, an accomplished author, asks Fabrizio Taormina, a young and unsuccessful writer, to become his ghostwriter, Fabrizio seizes the life-changing opportunity but must face his inner demons and confront his obsession with fame to do the job.

L'anima in pace

Dora is a 25-year-old girl with an apparently rough and impenetrable character who works by bringing shopping home, a very heavy job. This is not the only difficulty in her life though, as she comes from a broken family.

Mascarpone

Antonio is a 30 year old family man, whose life finds an unexpected twist when he's suddenly dumped by his husband, whom he depends both psychologically and economically: he needs to find a new place to stay, a job and a new purpose in life. Antonio finds a room in an apartment owned by Denis and starts to work in a bakery owned by Luca, while attending pastry school. Through this process he discovers that it was wrong of him to give up his independence for the sake of his relationship in the past.

Maria per Roma

The story of the day, from early morning to night, of Mary, a confused but dynamic woman who pursues her career as an actress, but is lost in the fragmentation of the Roman daily. A newspaper that revolves around what seems to be the only source of livelihood for the Eternal City: tourism. Let's see Maria run from the theaters to check-in at the tourists and from check-in to screening in a frenzy that will blur in comical and grueling situations.

Le Regole di Mangiasassi

Italy, 1940, dawn of the Second World War. A small group of fascists cook up a scheme to avoid the forthcoming call to arms. In order to do so, they sign up a contract where they accept to be infected with a mysterious and lethal disease: the Ethiopian Fever. Regardless Dr. Suardo's reassurances, who is sure to know how to cure the African disease, a chain of events is going to be triggered, which will lead to a gruesome bloodspread.

Bear

Trapped in a house outside of time, G faces eerie presences and a recurring nightmare. To break free, he must confront his inner demons… or become one of them.