Mariandrea Cesari

On a stormy night in Rome, Anna arrives at her daughter Alice’s apartment with a devastating confession: their entire family history is built on a lie. Twenty years earlier, after a horrific accident that nearly cost Alice her leg, Anna claims she made a pact with a mysterious Stranger to save her. But the miracle came at a price. What she believed was a single desperate bargain has in fact unleashed a spiraling chain reaction — a domino effect of increasingly dark events that have haunted their lives ever since. Now, the Stranger has come to collect. And Anna is convinced that only Alice can break the spiral and set things right. But at what cost?

Alfredo, a bank manager and meticulous researcher of eccentric wigs, after his divorce from Dorotea, the forgetful stingy lawyer and former Scout leader, is finally free to decide on his own holiday. The unexpected arrival of Dorotea and their godchildren Eugenia, the hypochondriac germaphobic vloggher, and Michelangelo, the clumsy, visionary creator with a multiple personality, spoil his plans. Together they embark on the journey to San Polo D'Enza; where Anastasia Genoveffa Annunziata, Michelangelo and Eugenia's cousin, who is close to the altar, lives.

A young man dreams of fashion glory in this coming of age tale. 16-year old Giovanni hopes to become a designer. Unfortunately, his small rural town is a long way from the bright lights. With his cheating father out of the picture, Giovanni must reckon with an angry mom. But two friends, a fashion teacher with connections, and a buddy who'll do anything for him, give Giovanni hope.

In a remote country house, a girl who is struggling to connect with her family after the loss of her father is visited by a mud monster. As her encounters with the creature become frequent, she begins to suffer from a mysterious illness.

A mystery resolved by two contemporary teens, uncovers one of the saddest chapters in human history during the Nazi occupation of Rome.