Cagliari in the 1940s is a big city for those who come from a small village. Annetta arrives in the days befpre Italy enters WWII and the Allies begin bombing the city. She's a 25-year old woman, always dressed in black, solitary and quiet, typical of the beauty of those from the most sparse areas of Sardegna.

With his mauve taxi, the old philosopher Dr. Seamus Scully runs around the small green roads of the south of Ireland, becoming confident of his patients, while trying to help them find their way.

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

After their boss' death, two clerks eagerly await the arrival of the next one, each one of them hoping to become the apple of his eye. They compete in every possible way to impress him, which causes lots of trouble and many misunderstandings.

In 1880 Rome, a patriarch closes the family bakery. His ambitious daughter-in-law manipulates her brothers-in-law to prevent their father's remarriage, securing her inheritance.

The charismatic, surly son of a wealthy industrialist, Clément, leads a double life as a member of a right-wing extremist organization. When he’s ratted out after a failed assassination attempt on a prominent politician, Clément and his long-suffering wife Anne flee Paris to the idyllic country home of his childhood friend, pacifist print-maker Paul. As affection blossoms between Paul and Anne, the emotional, as well as political tensions, soar and eventually explode.

After the 1815 Restoration, an aging revolutionary finds himself reluctantly involved in an attempted insurrection in Southern Italy while growing increasingly disillusioned with his cause.

At a track near Rome, shoeshine boys are watching horses run. Two of the boys Pasquale, an orphan, and Giuseppe, his younger friend are riding. The pair have been saving to buy a horse of their own to ride...

Emma and chocolatier Luc compete for Belgium's Royal Chocolatier. The beauty and romance of Bruges inspire unique chocolate combinations, but will their entry win without them losing their hearts?

Efter at have tilbragt hele sit liv og opvækst i kirkens børnehjem forlader Toto en dag de trygge rammer for at begive sig ud i den rå virkelighed. Uden at kende betydningen af ondskab støder Toto på en gruppe hjemløse i udkanten af Milano og beslutter sig for at slå sig ned sammen med disse og organisere opbygningen af en lille by. En dag brydes idyllen dog, da det viser sig, at der findes olie på området. De hjemløse må forlade stedet. Politiet og militæret mobiliserer deres styrker og gør sig klar til kamp. Men da er det, at alt det fantastiske sker. Det, som til evig tid vil blive husket som miraklet i Milano!

Paris, 1964. The Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti, one of the most accomplished and respected artists of his generation, asks his friend, the American writer James Lord, to sit for a portrait, assuring him that it will take no longer than two or three hours, an afternoon at the most.

The frustrating adventures of a humble employee who all the time has to fullfill the wishes and desires of his bosses.

Med sin næsten timelange balscene fik Luchino Viscontis Leoparden sin plads blandt filmhistoriens absolutte mesterværker. Dette er den pragtfulde skildring af et smuldrende adelsdynasti i 1860'ernes Sicilien, hvor Hollywood-stjernen Burt Lancaster helt uventet fik hovedrollen. Filmen blev en af sin tids dyreste produktioner, vandt Guldpalmen i Cannes og har inspireret filmskabere i et halvt århundrede. Francis Ford Coppolas bryllupsscene i The Godfather er som et direkte ekko fra Viscontis Leoparden, som her præsenteres i den remasterede originalversion.

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.

A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his late wife.

Et tilbageblik på den italienske filmskaber og digter Pier Paolo Pasolini’s sidste dage af livet i 1975. Pasolini har netop afsluttet optagelserne af filmen "Salò eller de 120 dage i Sodoma", som blev hans sidste: en film, der chokerede publikum og kritikere. Han blev kritiseret for sin homoseksualitet, og fordi han er så åben omkring sin skandaløse livsstil. En dag møder han en ung mand, han ønsker at indgå i et forhold med, men det hele ender i tragedie.

A middle-aged government accountant is determined to secure a stable job for his son before retiring, willing to go to great lengths to achieve his goal.

The story of two men, both named Antonio Pisapia, who are on the decline and lead strangely parallel lives. One is a pop singer whose success ends after a sex scandal; the other is a football player whose career is cut short by an injury.

Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and after trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastro Ciliegia, decides to build himself a puppet to keep him company.

I en lille landsby, i årene efter den spanske borgerkrig, bliver den følsomme syv-årige Ana traumatiseret, da en omrejsende projektionist viser byen Frankenstein. Hun bliver besat af livets dybe spørgsmål, om liv og død. Da en soldat på flugt gemmer sig i laden, krydser Ana fra virkeligheden og ind i hendes egen fantasi.