The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything begins in the Summer of 1971, at the annual Summer beauty pageant held at Livorno’s most popular bathing establishment. Anna is unexpectedly crowned “Most Beautiful Mother”, unwittingly stirring the violent jealousy of her husband. From then on, chaos strikes the family and for Anna, Bruno and his sister Valeria, it is the start of an adventure that will only end thirty years later.

Guido and Antonia are a young couple with opposed characters and backgrounds. He works a night job as a doorman, while she works all day in a car rental service. This is the story of what happens when they decide to have a child.

Rocker Stefano, Mitte 30, lebt in Rom. Seine Karriere stagniert und seine Freundin betrügt ihn. Grund genug, zu Eltern und Geschwistern nach Rimini zu flüchten. So herzlich der Empfang, so wenig stellt sich die erwartete Harmonie ein. Nicht nur, dass das vom Bruder geführte Familienunternehmen vor dem Ruin steht, auch die Schwester hat ihr Studium geschmissen. So wird der große Bruder unversehens zum Retter in der Not - auch für sich selbst.

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

Racial integration is Elena's profession and passion, not only filling her working day as a cultural mediator assisting immigrants, but spilling over into her home life as well. All too often her husband Carlo must attend charity events where he feels distinctly out of place. During one of these evenings, Carlo meets Nadine, a beautiful black woman.

Retired Englishman George Hall's hypochondria worsens and takes its toll on his family.

Rom, 1974: Guido, erfolgloser Bildhauer und Kunstlehrer, versucht, seine Familie über Wasser zu halten. Als eines seiner Werke verrissen wird, zieht er sich weiter in sich zurück – seine Frau Serena fährt auf Einladung der Galeristin Helke (Martina Gedeck) mit den Söhnen in ein feministisches Strandressort. Eine Zeit der Happenings und Super-8-Filme, der Libertinage versus Bürgerlichkeit – glückliche Jahre? Der Film ist eine mitreißende Familiengeschichte mit wunderschönen Bildern vom Rom der 1970er-Jahre, starken Darstellern und einem universellen Thema: der Liebe. Die Hauptdarsteller Kim Rossi Stuart und Micaela Ramazzotti sind in Italien Superstars und verzaubern als unkonventionelles Ehepaar. Deren Kinder spielen die hinreißenden Talente Samuel Garofalo und Niccolò Calvagna. Wunderbar auch Martina Gedeck, die nicht erst seit »Das Leben der Anderen« zu den deutschen Topdarstellern gehört.

The training trip of 4 "special" boys, one narcoleptic, one internet-dependent, one suffering from Tourette's Syndrome and one obsessed with hygiene towards self-affirmation and acceptance of one's differences.

A group of middle-aged time-share investors get ripped off and their desire for revenge is well-timed for them to be recruited by a bank clerk who feels the same about his employers.

The life of a working-class boy in Rome through the '70s and '80s, choosing his own path with his friends and family.

Inspired by the work of Italian underground comic book prodigy Andrea Pazienza, "Paz!" is a 24-hour slice of life of a group of university students sharing a flat in 1970s Bologna, grappling with drugs, classes, girls and half-hearted political activism.

Vanni and Linda live in a penthouse apartment for rent in the center of Rome. Vanni writes novels, Linda 'cooperates' to his novels. Between a vernissage and an exhibition of Basquiat, thay hang out Alfredo and Constanza, a couple on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Alfredo is a surgeon with the habit of waking up early and has a lover, Constanza is a dermatologist with the same habits. With the intent to vent their frustrations in their friends' living room, Alfredo and Constanza take hostage the couple and recriminate loudly about the past and the present. In an impossible attempt to contain them, Vanni and Linda eventually take the field and also thrash each other. Someone will end up getting hurt by the end of the night.

Auswandererdrama über eine sizilianische Familie, die ihre Heimat verlässt und in die "Neue Welt" aufbricht. Für seinen dritten Langspielfilm bekam der italienische Regisseur Emanuele Crialese den Goldenen Löwen als Beste Neuentdeckung beim Filmfest 2006 in Venedig. Für die Präsentation des Films beim Tribeca Film Festival in New York hat Altmeister Martin Scorsese die Schirmherrschaft übernommen.

Zwei ungleiche Brüder, ein Frauenscharzm und ein Rebell, streiten sich um Frauen, Politik und Familie um am Ende festzustellen, dass weder der extreme Kommunismus noch der Neo-Faschismus etwas für "die Arbeiter" tut. Das ganze nett in das Italien der 60er Jahre verpackt.

In Milan, Matteo is an underemployed physicist, giving the occasional lecture at a university while working at a PR firm where he knows he'll be fired. Without his really trying, two women are attracted to him, a blond and a brunette. The blond is Angelica; they meet smoking on the office rooftop. To his surprise, she has clout in the company and soon has him flying off (with her) to make presentations. The brunette is Beatrice, a new flatmate, hoping for a teaching job in the national service. Angelica dangles a posting with her in Barcelona; Beatrice is simply Beatrice. Will Matteo figure out what he wants - and decide before opportunity passes him by?

Das flotte Team räumt zuerst bei dem Exgangster Harold, jetzt ehrenwerter Bankdirektor ab und erleichtert ihn um 300.000 Dollar. Harold hält wenig von dieser unfreiwilligen Sozialhilfe und hetzt Cacapoulus ebenfalls ein ehrenwerter Gangster auf die Spur. Gauner jagt Gauner und Glück und Beute wechseln. Mal sind sie Kampfgenossen, dann wieder Gegner. Schließlich formiert sich das schlagfertige Kleeblatt zum letzten entscheidenden Kampf...

A coming-of-age tale about three 18-year-olds just out of high school who go to a Greek island following one of the boys' older girlfriend.

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.

Rome, 1990. The night Italy's national football team is eliminated from the World Cup by Argentina on penalty kicks, a well-known film producer is found dead in the Tiber river. The main suspects for the murder are three young aspiring screenwriters, who–promptly taken to the police–start to tell their version of the story.