An evening at an Italian restaurant. Hosted by tolerant and relaxed Flora, various parties of middle-class people come in -- large and small, young and old, regulars and tourists, married and single -- to dine, converse, argue, celebrate, make confessions; to overhear other people's discussions, to interrupt them, to sing, listen to music, and enjoy life.
Vittorio Gassman
Maestro Pezzullo
Fanny Ardant
Flora
Giancarlo Giannini
Professore
Stefania Sandrelli
Isabella
Eros Pagni
Duilio
Riccardo Garrone
Diomede
Daniela Poggi
la bella sconosciuta
Francesca D'Aloja
Alessandra
Giorgio Tirabassi
Francesco
An evening at an Italian restaurant. Hosted by tolerant and relaxed Flora, various parties of middle-class people come in -- large and small, young and old, regulars and tourists, married and single -- to dine, converse, argue, celebrate, make confessions; to overhear other people's discussions, to interrupt them, to sing, listen to music, and enjoy life.
ติดตาม 3 เพื่อนผู้ร่วมรบสมัยสงครามโลกครั้งที่ 2 ชีวิตหลังสงครามกว่า 30 ปีของพวกเขาแตกต่าง สะท้อนความเปลี่ยนแปลงของอิตาลี ทั้งความฝัน อุดมคติ และความรักที่มีต่อผู้หญิงคนเดียวกัน นำมาซึ่งมิตรภาพที่ซับซ้อนและบทสรุปอันขมขื่น
In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of Checco's mistress, Melina Amour, but the fledgling performer has far bigger ambitions and soon sets her sights on a higher-profile role.
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.
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.
This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile
The film follows Nello, the recently hired director of a newly developed work cooperative of former mental patients. After the closure of state psychiatric hospitals and asylums in Italy under the Basaglia Law many former patients were left with few resources and little hope of reintegrating into society. With the intention of actually improving the lives of his pupils, rather than just sedating them, Nello encourages them to expand their individual abilities and explore the wider world around them although, regardless of intention, there is sometimes a price to pushing boundaries too quickly.
Two linen fabric dealers with their shops close to one another, battle against each other for more and more costumers. Umberto constantly loses clients because of the tough competition brought by Leone, who offers the best prices in the neighborhood. But they leave differences aside when the rise of Fascism places Anti-Semitic politics which rigidly control business like the one conducted by the Jewish Leone, and those new regulations are viewed by Umberto as completely unfair. The long rivalry soon becomes a great friendship.
Irene lives in Rome. When her mother ask to, she go back to Rimini, her hometown, to take care of her autistic brother, Omar. She soon discover that Omar knows very well what to expect from the future, but in order to achieve his dreams, he need to be independent, which is why Irene begins a tender crash course to teach him adult life.
นักเขียนวัย 50 กว่าที่กำลังประสบปัญหาวัยกลางคนได้ไปขอสุนัขพันธุ์คอลลี่มาเลี้ยง ความสัมพันธ์ของพวกเขากลายมาเป็นมิตรภาพที่มีความหมายและคาดเดาไม่ถึง
The film is set in a house in a Tuscan landscape, has an ironic content and a Christmas frame. The film is divided into 5 episodes: The Family, The Lunch, Unexpected Pregnancy, The Videotape and Epilogue.