Stefania Barca

Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.

Two men, both named Antonio Pisapia, see their lives go downhill in 1980s Naples. One is a crooner embroiled in a sex scandal; the other is a football player whose career is cut short by an injury.

When his destituite widowed sister-in-law—whom he had never stopped harbouring feelings for—and her ne'er-do-well son come to live with him after World War II, a mentally-ill farmer who spends all his time destroying unexploded ordnance scattered across the countryside finds a new purpose in his lonely life.

For ten years, immigrant Tobias has worked at a Swiss clock factory and, in the relentless ticking, he saw life go by without much expectation. One day, he sees Caroline, a former schoolmate from back in Eastern Europe, and falls in love with her, but she's married and has a daughter.

Carlino Vigetti is pushed by his family to court the daughters of the Osti, landowners. But the return of their third daughter, the beautiful Francesca, will shatter the plans ...

Anna, married to a mafioso, loses her child and escapes from a killer seeking mafia bank details. Fleeing to Malindi, Kenya, she befriends Bodo, follows him as an African missionary, and becomes a respected volunteer. She meets Mandher, a dedicated doctor fighting for the African people. Anna finds purpose in helping heal a wounded country and gains respect in the community.

Sandro, a lawyer, has three sisters and a father, Renato, a man of about seventy-five, who despite his age still loves women very much. The arrival of Lena, Sandro's foreign housekeeper, upsets the normal family balance and provokes different reactions among the various members of the family...

Beni is an Albanian who came clandestinely to Italy with the mirage of a career as a dancer. He will find himself the victim of a scam, performing in second-rate shows and almost a prisoner of an organization bordering on legality. He will overcome a thousand difficulties thanks to his determination, his passion for dance and his love for a dancer who seemed unattainable.