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For centuries, art has stylised violence against women - and called it beauty. Proserpina (or Persephone) frees herself from Pluto's grip and leads us through masterpieces from antiquity to the present day: from Roman sarcophagi to Bernini, from Artemisia Gentileschi to Marina Abramović. This journey through art history opens up new perspectives on the representation of sexual violence in art.

Michele Mariotti conducts Gioachino Rossini’s *Tancredi* for the first time. Carlo Vistoli takes on the title role. Joining him on stage are Martina Russomanno, Antonino Siragusa, and Luca Tittoto. Directed by Emma Dante, with set design by Carmine Maringola. The Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

Alberto, a disillusioned young director, is convinced that cinema has nothing left to offer him. But it is precisely by giving up on his dream that he discovers its deeper meaning.

Centers on a mother-daughter relationship that spirals out of control following a shocking revelation. During a thunderstorm, Anna shows up unannounced at the student apartment of her daughter Alice and reveals that their entire family history rests on a lie she told her. Anna claims to have made a pact with a mysterious stranger to save Alice’s leg after an accident 20 years earlier. That pact has triggered a domino effect causing terrible events over the years. Only Alice can help to put everything right. But at what price?

Eduardo, a Mexican cook in a Coney Island diner who crossed the desert two decades ago, becomes the unsuspecting centre of a story unfolding during the last week of the U.S. presidential campaign. Around him swirl fleeting encounters, patriotic hymns, prayers, accidental violence, tenderness, and landscapes of desperate beauty – an America at once raw and poetic.

A woman travels from southern China to Turin, Italy, to see her husband. But an unexpected departure leaves her to find herself again, and to find cinema.

An awkward first aid instructor seeks intimacy with his student. Their questionable contact is fleeting, but for a silent witness from afar, it leaves a lifelong imprint.

short film by NewFlesh Production.

On the French Riviera, two gangs of kids compete in the perilous game of cliff jumping. Géo, barely five years old, discovers over the course of a summer a world where friendship blends with rivalry, and where the first stirrings of the heart emerge against the dazzling Mediterranean landscape.

A famous TV host, who grew up without parents and with a painful past, sees his brilliant career and power called into question during a train journey from Rome to Milan.

Through rare archive footage, the documentary traces the forty years of Enver Hoxha's communist regime in Albania, revealing cinema as a weapon of power.

Belonging Syndrome is a short documentary that follows Duang, a second-generation Italian-Thai girl. Duang, during a period of stay in a monastery. Through her inner diary, the film explores a suspended phase of life: the one in which identity it is not yet defined and belonging becomes an open question. The monastery becomes the physical and symbolic place where Duang observes herself. Immersed in a daily life marked by rituals, silences and repeated gestures, the protagonist goes through an experience of deep listening, in which time slows down and perception is refined. Belonging Syndrome talks about hybrid identities, cultural legacies that coexist without completely merging, the difficulty and possibility of inhabiting multiple worlds without having to choose just one. It is an intimate and contemplative story about the search for balance in a fragile and open phase of existence.

Italian version of the play People, Places & Things. The story follows Emma, an actress whose life unravels under the weight of addiction. As she enters rehab, she is forced to confront her past, her identity, and the illusions she has built around herself, blurring the line between performance and reality in a raw and deeply human journey toward recovery.

The new season of Ulisse opens on a musical note. Alberto Angela crosses the Atlantic to tell us about another city with a deep connection to music and its stories: we arrive in the Big Apple with To the Sound of New York. A sonic journey through the city where every stop is paired with a song or a great American artist.

From the Rai Arturo Toscanini Auditorium in Turin, the Rai National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Giuseppe Mengoli, performs Arvo Pärt’s *Fratres*, Antonio Vivaldi’s *Stabat Mater* (featuring countertenor Carlo Vistoli), and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92.

The story, set in a rural place, tells in a comic way the difference between the slow pace of the province and the frenetic pace of the capital.

A family on the brink of crisis decides to escape the city and take refuge in an old farmhouse in the countryside, convinced that returning to nature is the only real solution. But the bucolic dream soon turns into an exhilarating struggle for survival. Escaping the city is easy. Running away from yourself, a little less.

"Finché morte non ci separi" is set in Paradise, where Delia (Carla Signoris) enjoys the peace of the afterlife reading and learning English. Her tranquility is disturbed by the arrival of Lidia (Amanda Sandrelli) who claims to be her soulmate. However, Delia is confused. If her soulmate is here, what happened to her husband Andrea? (Davide Gaudiosi). The Lost Souls office might be able to help her understand: the Angel (Filippo Scicchitano) in charge of the office gives her unexpected news—not only has Andrea been dead for quite some time, but he's in Hell. To convince Delia that this isn't a mistake, the Angel shows her her husband's "soul statement," and then, faced with her continued disbelief, allows her to revisit some scenes from her past as a young woman (Francesca Blasutig) with him. Delia chooses to take a risk by accepting the possibility the Angel offers her: to return to her previous life to try to rewrite her own story.

Chico Buarque and Maria Pia De Vito’s reinterpretation tells the story of Zuzu Angel’s grief, a mother who defied the Brazilian dictatorship following the death of her son.

Presented as a forbidden TV broadcast, this horror anthology revives unsettling short films from the world.

"U sugghiu" an amphibious and anthropomorphic creature that inhabits the marine and marshy waters around Catania, was last sighted in 2013. A monster, the offspring of a demon and an extinct creature, it is said to feed on human flesh. It is ancient, shapeless, constantly remodeling itself to elude the gaze. Mythology and science merge with an atmosphere of foreboding in the encounter between humanity and otherness.

From the Salone dei Corazzieri in the Quirinale Palace, the traditional concert to mark the 80th anniversary of Italian Republic Day. The Rome Opera House Orchestra, conducted by Michele Mariotti.

A sheltered Italian fashion student in London for the first time forms a intense, intimate bond with her brilliant mentor after they survive a violent robbery—forcing them to choose between ambition, boundaries, and the love they’re afraid to name.

In 1919 Fiume, Russian spy Beatrice navigates political turmoil while protecting poet Gabriele D’Annunzio, entangling with an intelligence chief and a WWI deserter amid Italy’s revolutionary unrest.

“A fragile journey into childhood, suspended between dream and harsh reality.”

A vividly interwoven tale of secrets and connections, Il rumore delle cose nuove centers on three families whose lives have quietly overlapped in the streets of Milan—unaware of each other—for years. Andrea, a photographer, and Andreina, a nurse, share a haunting truth: Andreina has given a part of herself to keep Andrea alive. Umberto finds solace in alleviating others’ pain at work, yet at home he inflicts suffering upon Alba, once hopeful, now dreamless. In another household, Ralph, who crafts sounds, and Viola, an actress who yearns to live as freely as she performs, are quietly struggling—alongside Mirko, a ten‑year‑old whose presence echoes loudly. As the story unfolds, their ordinary routines unravel under the weight of these “noisy” secrets—some seemingly trivial, others utterly unbearable. Chaos tumbles over the fragile bonds holding them together, forcing confrontations with truths they can no longer ignore.

In early 1900s rural Trentino, Vanni and Agnese's life is upended by the arrival of Luzia, a young woman scarred by abuse. She claims to be a victim of the Mazaròl, a folkloric creature that kidnaps women in the woods.

Giulio is a young adult trapped in a routine of precarious jobs and distant relationships. Torn between the weight of family expectations and his struggle to accept a life off the traditional tracks, Giulio drifts between tense conversations with his brother Andrea and lonely evenings working as a delivery rider for a small pizzeria. During a delivery to an enigmatic customer, Maurizio, an apparently insignificant event—an unexpected whisper—casts a shadow of mystery over Giulio’s daily monotony, opening space for reflections on his condition and the choices that have led him there.

Maestro Riccardo Muti returns to the podium of the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio di Torino for a new production of *Macbeth* directed by Chiara Muti. Set design by Alessandro Camera and costumes by Ursula Patzak.