Anthology of tragic love. A noblewoman falls for a commoner. A doctor keeps quiet about his patients' infidelities. Expectant father is sent to fight in WWI. A 1920s fascist enjoys Rome's nightlife. WWII airman falls for a girl in Naples.
Franco Interlenghi
Mario (segment "L'amore romantico")
Leonora Ruffo
Contessina Elena Micheli (segment "L'amore romantico")
Paola Borboni
Countess Matilde Micheli (segment "L'amore romantico")
Carlo Ninchi
Count Massimo Micheli (segment "L'amore romantico")
Luigi Tosi
Count Edoardo Savelli (segment "L'amore romantico")
Maria Pia Casilio
Carmela (segment "Guerra 1915-18")
Lauro Gazzolo
Teacher (segment "Guerra 1915-18")
Albino Cocco
Antonio Mittica (segment "Guerra 1915-18")
Gustavo Serena
Mayor (segment "Guerra 1915-18")
Anthology of tragic love. A noblewoman falls for a commoner. A doctor keeps quiet about his patients' infidelities. Expectant father is sent to fight in WWI. A 1920s fascist enjoys Rome's nightlife. WWII airman falls for a girl in Naples.
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
While waiting for the brain surgery of his daughter Angela, victim of a motorcycle accident, the surgeon Timoteo recalls his torrid affair with and passion for Italia, a simple woman from slums in the periphery of the big city where he lives. The ghost of the beloved and sexual object of desire Italia chases him in his memories.
Six vignettes explore love and desire in Rome, from prostitution and heartache to unwed motherhood and the male gaze.
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.
Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.
A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.
In 1950s Sicily, con artist Joe Moretti does screen tests for the big studios, accepting money or favours for his efforts. A young illiterate novitiate named Beata desperately wants to change her life and falls for him; belatedly, he realizes his feelings for her. However, their love affair is doomed when he's arrested.
A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life.