A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job teaching in a reform school while he waits for a high school position. He tries to understand and motivate his handful of students, reading them colloquial poetry, encouraging them to stand up for their rights, finding out about their histories. Natale, in for murder, enamoured of the Mafia, the King Rat within the group; Mery, a drag queen, arrested for assault when defending himself, in love with Mario and, in daylight, rejected by all; Pietro, illiterate, muscular, believing his destiny is set; the callow Claudio, vulnerable, learning to harden himself. What can Mario learn and do in such a short time?
Rahim sidder i fængsel, fordi han har en ubetalt gæld. Da Rahim kommer på to dages udgang, forsøger han at overtale sin kreditor til at efterkomme en del af gælden. Men det forløber ikke som planlagt.
Ulvehunden Hvidtand lever i den barske canadiske vildmark. Her bor han med sin hundemor hos nogle indfødte indianere. Men en dag tager Hvidtands liv en drastisk drejning, da han tvinges til at leve et kummerligt og barsk liv som kamphund. Da Hvidtand er aller længst nede træffer han et menneske, der bliver hans redningsplanke tilbage til sit egentlige, gode hunde-jeg.
It is 1945. Enrico Piaggio’s Pontedera factory is in ruins and the 12,000 people who worked there are condemned to unemployment and misery. Piaggio feels the enormous responsibility resting on his shoulders: the lives of so many families depend on his ability to create new jobs. A project is born in the mind of the entrepreneur: a small, robust, agile and affordable means of transport, capable of relaunching mobility, giving impetus to the recovery of the country’s economic and civil life. To make this dream come true, Piaggio turns to engineer Corradino D’Ascanio, a brilliant designer who uses the experience gained in the field of aeronautics to create the scooter that remains today the symbol of Italian creativity and design: the Vespa!
Felice returns to his native Rione Sanità in Naples to look after his dying mother, having lived abroad for the last forty years. Here he discovers that his old friend Oreste has become a notorious crimeboss.
When the evil Dr. Hell attacks the Earth, the mighty giant mecha Mazinger Z is formed to stop him.
Improbable encounters bring tenderness, laughter and compassion to a world of urban alienation.
Clara and Diego, under the guidance of the psychiatrist of a day rehabilitation center for disturbed people who attend, decide to transform the treatment center into a restaurant, involving all their other companions.
Dumped by his girlfriend and finding himself stranded on different couches at friends’ places, Guido tries to transform his drift into an opportunity for a new beginning.
Bag meter af silke tryllebandt Loie Fuller cremen af Paris´ natklubpublikum i slutningen af 1800-tallet. Hendes dans var som intet andet og gjorde hende til et farverigt ikon for en hel generation. Intet syntes, at kunne stoppe hendes succes - ikke før en ny danser viste sig på scenen - en ung kvinde ved navn Isadora Duncan.
Romantik og Rom har inspireret denne antologi, som består af seks korte spillefilm og dokumentarer fra en række italienske instruktører og forfattere.
Brantley Foster (Fox) har kun lige afsluttet gymnasiet, da han beslutter sig for at bestige karrierestigen i New Yorks pengeverden på rekordtid ved at lade som om, at han er en ambitiøs underdirektør, selvom han i virkeligheden bare er den nye postomdeler. Men Brantleys planer begynder at løbe løbsk, da chefens kone bliver forelsket i ham, og han selv bliver forelsket i en anden underdirektør, der viser sig at være chefens elskerinde.
Film inspired by the career of the Italian singer Nada.
At 39 years of age Mirko has just left prison. In the outskirts of Rome, a new future waits for him. When he is elected president of the homeowners’ committee, he realises that he can dream of a different kind of existence. Not only for himself and his family, but for the whole suburb where he lives. This film deals with a “bandit” who, with the help of his best friend Boccione, wants to turn the indifference of the suburb into solidarity and the roads into luxuriant fields of tomatoes, becoming the bearer of a happiness he does not know how to reach. It is the story of a fragile and irrational dream: offering a future to those who do not even believe they deserve a present.
A criminal defense attorney must choose between family, duty and her own dangerous desires when she takes on the case of an artist accused of murder.
A priest, after spending years in humanitary missions in Africa, reunites with his family, which is in worse conditions than when he left, and above all meets a young lady who will make him doubt both himself and his faith.
Two very different men have something in common: the work. When their companies are bought by a bigger one, who will take the only place of boss of the new company?
Salvatore is a handsome man edging into middle age who spends his days savoring the beauty of the Italian seaside. One morning, Salvatore is taking in the sunrise over the dunes when he meets a beautiful woman, leading to a romantic interlude between them. It would seem to be an encouraging way to start the day, but Salvatore and his new lover soon happen upon a group of beachcombers who engage them in a conversation about love, philosophy and the future. What began as a beautiful day takes a subtle, unexpected turn and Salvatore begins contemplating the uncertain path of his life and wondering where he could go from here.
Årtier efter at 2. verdenskrig er bragt til ende ved at Adolf Hitler blev snigmyrdet i en hemmelig operation, bliver den ukendte amerikanske helt Calvin Barr tilkaldt af regeringen til at jage en mystisk skabning ved navn Bigfoot, som er bæreren af en meget farlig sygdom, som har potentialet til at udrydde hele menneskeheden.
A large and beautiful property on the French Riviera. A place that seems out of time and sheltered from the rest of the world. Anna goes there with her daughter for a few days of vacation. Amidst her family, friends and the house staff, Anna has to handle her fresh break-up with her partner and the writing of her next film.