An extremely mannered and increasingly preposterous tale of a fortysomething woman who has to deal with an abusive, double-dealing husband and a handsome, soap-actor lover who seems to be too good to be true.

On the day she learns of her pregnancy, a woman also finds out that her husband is sterile.

With the help of student assistant Boris and stolen university equipment, Dr. Harry Wolper plans to clone his dead wife. But then he meets Meli, an egg donor for his experiment, and they fall in love. Faced with choosing between his deceased wife and Meli, Dr. Wolper sees his situation in a new light when Boris' own new love, Barbara, falls into a coma. Meanwhile, another professor tries shutting down the cloning project.

Cesare Botero, an ambitious and corrupt young minister, hires a new spokesman, honest and polite high school professor Luciano Sandulli.

Francesco, nicknamed 'Toscano', is a very good pool player but he never wins when he plays for money. He meets Chiara, a saxophone player, on a late night bus by swapping his case containing the cue with her one, containing the sax. The two fall in love, but in the meantime Francesco loses a big amount of money playing versus 'Scuro', the long-time Italian champion. His only chance to pay the debt is to win the Italian Championships.

Waldemar Nods, a young man from Suriname, meets the older Dutch woman Rika van der Lans and they fall in love. In pre-WWII Netherlands they could not be more different. The one black, the other white, 17 years between them and on top of that Rika already has four children with another man. They love each other, but then Rika appears to be pregnant.

The story of a teacher and his students, set in an Italian high school.

Marco and Anita discover they are expecting a child. Finally a ray of light in Marco’s life after his heartbreak following the loss of Leo, his first born with his former wife Clara. Suddenly, however Perla, the new owner where the couple lived until the tragic accident, bursts into Marco’s and his ex-wife’s lives. The mysterious woman claims she keeps feeling a strange presence and hearing the voice of a child that is tormenting her and her son. Marco therefore finds himself torn between the ties of the past and an unwritten future.

A daughter torn between two mothers, one who raised her with love and her biological mother, who instinctively claims her back.

Michele is a Communist MP who loses his memory in a car crash—although nobody seems to notice. Over the course of a water polo match ahead of election day, he begins to remember his past life, revealing the picture of a man whose personal and political identity crisis mirrors the one of Italian communism.

In a high school in the outskirts of Rome, it's the last day before the summer holidays. A literature teacher reminisces the past year and wonders what will become of the students he cared for as if they were his children.

Filippo is a star on the Italian TV. He works for a documentary series about wild animals and nature. He is sent to Tenerife (Spain) to shot an issue about the local stork. It is the 13th of August. After he did his job is time to leave, but the ferry couldn't operate. He has to spend the night in the island. The day after is again the 13th of August, and Filippo live again the same day for different times. Something has to change to exit the paranoid and unrealistic situation.

Den tidligere historielærer Paul Lohman (Steve Coogan) og hans kone Claire (Laura Linney) mødes med Pauls bror Stan (Richard Gere), der er medlem af kongressen, og dennes kone Katelyn (Rebecca Hall). Det er en fin restaurant, de er i fint selskab, men det bliver hurtigt tydeligt, at der ligger mange ting og bobler under overfladen. Snart afslører Stan, hvorfor de er inviteret. Parrenes to sønner har gjort noget forfærdeligt i skolen, men de er ikke blevet afsløret endnu. Skal forældrene gøre det rigtige eller beskytte deres børn for enhver pris?

Bruno Bonomo was a famous producer of B-movies in the ‘70s. After a long hiatus, Bonomo offers a screenplay to RAI centered on the figure of Italy’s prime minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, a subject so controversial that even the public television broadcaster refuses to produce it

En cyklist bliver ramt af en jeep på en mørk og snefyldt vej i det nordlige Italien. Bilen kører videre, og efterlader manden hårdt såret i vejkanten. Ulykken binder den rige familie Bernischi og den konkurstruede familie Rovelli uløseligt sammen - men hvorfor? 'Human Capital' skildrer med sort humor begivenhederne, der leder op til den tragiske ulykke. Kærlighed, klasseforskelle og grådige ambitioner udforskes i den skæbnesvangre fortælling, der udspiller sig mens den økonomiske krise er på sit højeste i Italien.

Fjorten år efter han vandt Guldpalmerne for ‘Sønnens værelse’ vender Nanni Moretti tilbage til det seriøst gribende familiedrama – i denne ombæring med masser af ‘comic relief’ leveret af John Turturro. Den amerikanske skuespiller spiller en lettere hysterisk udgave af sig selv, en amerikanske stjerne hyret til at spille en af hovedrollerne I en ellers genuint italiensk film. Hans ankomst i den italienske hovedstad er som trukket ud af en Fellini-film, men instruktøren Margherita (altid fantastiske Margherita Buy) har svært ved at se morskaben. Ud over de kvaler hendes udenlandske stjerne volder den igangværende filmproduktion, melder der sig anderledes smertefulde problemer på familiefronten, for hendes hospitalsindlagte mor har det vist værre, end først antaget…

The story of a leading political man, suddenly telling “all the truth” after a serious illness and therefore overwhelming lifes of anyone surrounding him…

Nadine is a French young woman. Fausto is an Italian young man trying to make it in Paris as a restaurant waiter. They accidentally meet at a five-star hotel. Both are fragile, alone and obsessed with the idea of an unattainable happiness. Their intense love is challenged by their own individual ambition and desperation.

Det den unge Claireece "Precious" Jones må gennemgå i sin barndom bør intet barn opleve; Moderen er voldelig og faderen voldtager hende. To gange resulterer faderens overgreb i graviditeter og den vrede hun føler ved sin uretfærdige skæbne gør det svært for hende at bryde den sociale arv. Dertil kommer hendes livstruende overvægt og svære analfabetisme, som afskærer hende fra omverdenen - indtil en lærerinde sætter sig for at hjælpe.