Marisa and Judy need mental help, but find themselves in a poorly managed clinic. While Marisa's husband cares for her and helps her out, Judy's brother cares more about his idea of family honor and the protection of his investments in factories, leaving his sister alone...
Erika Blanc
Judy Dominici (as Erika Blank)
Marcella Michelangeli
Marisa Cosentini
Gérard Landry
Marisa's Husband
Steven Tedd
Judy's Brother
Lorenzo Terzon
The Psychiatrist
Susanna Levi
Gianni Macchia
Irio Fantini
Marisa and Judy need mental help, but find themselves in a poorly managed clinic. While Marisa's husband cares for her and helps her out, Judy's brother cares more about his idea of family honor and the protection of his investments in factories, leaving his sister alone...
A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
In a small suburb on the outskirts of Rome, the cheerful heat of summer camouflages a stifling atmosphere of alienation. From a distance, the families seem normal, but it’s an illusion: in the houses, courtyards and gardens, silence shrouds the subtle sadism of the fathers, the passivity of the mothers and the guilty indifference of adults. But it’s the desperation and repressed rage of the children that will explode and cut through this grotesque façade, with devastating consequences for the entire community.
Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who look a lot like their brother. The dad harbors a secret, and he goes to murderous lengths to keep it hidden. The young man, Jimmy, who has suspicions, but little comes out until a Yankee woman comes to town.
On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her friendship with Mathilda, a kindred spirit struggling with bipolar disorder.
An 11-year-old girl watches her father come down with a crippling depression. Over one summer, she learns answers to several mysteries and comes to terms with love and loss.
Struggling with a financial crisis, a good-looking widow decides to put herself up for grabs. However, going through with it becomes almost impossible with a new love and the legal system thrown into the mix.
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by herself.
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.