Lara Balbo

The Coming Out club is in the middle of preparing for the Pride parade that, as always, will finish up in the same street as the club Lisa founded twenty years ago and has been managing ever since. But today is different: for the first time Gaia, her partner from when they were teenagers, and the mother of her son, won’t be there. The two women have recently separated and the dynamics of their new life as a family are still unclear…

Alice is about to turn eighteen, but she doesn't seem to be ready to grow at all. A dive into the unconscious. A journey in search of a rebirth. A reasoning on the concept of normality, through the mirror of magical realism.

Matteo Achilli, a nineteen-year-old from Rome, manages to fulfill every young person’s dream: creating an app and becoming rich. But the world of success quickly turns out to be a jungle, and fame presents the young man with a steep price to pay. Based on a true story.

Edgar is a mime who lives his routine: he wakes up in the morning, then he gets ready and after that he goes to the street to perform his show. Edgar expresses himself through his gestures and body movements, through his art, in order to communicate and to convey his emotions to people. But those disinterested passers-by ignore him, as they don't understands his language. For this reason, the poor mime feels very lonely and sad until one day he meets a person who seems really interested to hear him out.

Luciana is a factory worker married to the love of her life. She is living the simple and quiet life she’s always desired: she works and she is deeply in love with her husband Stefano, even if he doesn’t always have a job and they both need to struggle to keep on going. They are happy and always on each other’s side, but shortly after she finds out she’s pregnant, she gets fired and her world starts falling apart. After having tried to have a baby for years, the joy of impending motherhood lasts only a few months. Begging for help but with no one ready to listen to her, completely desperate and shattered, Luciana decides to kidnap the managing director of her former company, asking for the justice she deserves.

A redeemed ex-robber with a mysterious past, Dragan, and a young worker and father of a family, Daniele, share a passion for the game of chess, thanks to which they get to know each other and become good friends. When Mr. Assante, a wealthy and ruthless entrepreneur, decides to move his company abroad where the profits are greater, Daniele, unemployed and desperate for his disastrous financial conditions, convinces the reluctant Dragan to dust off his criminal past.

The Italian Painter Michele is forced by his rich girlfriend to move to a new house in Trieste, abandoning his privileged life. He finds himself in a new world full of extravagant neighbors and unusual situations that will eventually change his values and prospective of life.

Nina, a sommelier and wife of Massimo, a successful wine entrepreneur, has always endured humiliation and suspicion. On a tense night in the family cellar, Massimo pushes her to confess betrayals and secrets, setting off a cruel game of power. Between deceit, desire, and revenge, the line between victim and executioner blurs, leading to an inevitable climax.