L'elefante nella stanza

A train travels across Italy toward Rome. On board is a professor who daydreams a conversation with a love that never was, a family of Albanian refugees who switch trains and steal a ticket, three brash Scottish soccer fans en route to a match, and a complaining widow traveling to a memorial service for her late husband who's accompanied by a community-service volunteer who's assisting her. Interactions among these Europeans turn on class and nationalism, courtesy and rudeness, and opportunities for kindness.

ลีโอกับแอนเจล่า รุสโซใช้ชีวิตคนชั้นกลางแบบเรียบง่ายในควีนส์ และรายล้อมไปด้วยครอบครัวชาวอเมริกันเชื้อสายอิตาลีที่เรื่องมากและชอบเอาแต่ใจ เมื่อลูกชายร่างโย่งและพูดไม่เก่งของพวกเขาประสบความสำเร็จในบาสเก็ตบอลระดับมัธยม และมีโอกาสมีชีวิตที่ไปได้ไกลกว่าความคาดหวัง ลีโอทำให้ครอบครัวของเขาปั่นป่วนเพื่อทำให้มันเกิดขึ้นจริง

วัยรุ่นที่อาศัยอยู่กับพี่สาวและพ่อแม่ในแมนฮัตตันในช่วงทศวรรษ 1990 ค้นพบว่าพ่อของเธอมีสัมพันธ์ชู้สาว

A 22 year-old Bangladeshi-Italian Muslim boy meets a beautiful, exciting Italian girl who makes him re-analyze his beliefs and culture.

At six, Dario watched the first Moon landing on TV, sparking a lifelong dream to reach the stars. For the rest of his life, the ingenious curmudgeon built a homemade space rocket on his farm using scraps from the local hardware store. But, after a disastrous first launch burns down the neighbors' cornfields, Dario lands in jail. Enter Mario, his estranged brother who left the dying countryside for the big city: despite the confusion, he agrees to help Italy's 'secret space program' finally take off.

Bailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country, re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addict. As their true motivations for the road trip come to light, the unlikely pair force one another to confront their issues, discovering that there might actually be more to love than just sex.

A father and his son who lived seperated for some time meet each other one day and try to talk their problems over and understand their diametrical differences.

Giacinto lives with his wife, their ten children and various other family members in a shack on the hills of Rome. Some time ago he has lost his left eye while at work, and got a consistent sum of money from the insurance company, which he keeps hidden from the rest of the family. His whole life is now based on defending the money he sees as his own, while the rest of the family tries to kill him.

Madea returns in another hilarious story in which she gets sent to the big house. But regardless of the circumstances, she gives her trademark advice and wisdom to her friends and family as they learn the importance of letting go, moving on, and forgiveness.

This is the story of two completely opposite households: the Pavone are intellectual and bourgeois, the Vismara are proletarian and fascists. They are two tribes sharing the same jungle: Rome. A trivial accident brings these two poles together. The madness of a 25-year old youth will set them on a collision course, discovering the cards to reveal that everyone has a secret. People are never what they seem – but we are all predators in the end.