Nattsvart dramakomedi om en fattig familj som trängs i sitt nedgångna hus i en kåkstad utanför Rom. Pappan och familjeöverhuvudet Giacinto har på grund av en olycka fått ut en miljon lire i försäkringspengar, en skatt som han snålt vaktar från resten av familjen, som i sin tur gör allt för att stjäla pengarna. Kampen för överlevnad i den smutsiga misären blandas med rån, sexuella övergrepp, bluffmakeri och mordförsök.

Train operator Andrea Marcocci has to witness the suicide of a desperate man who jumps in front of his train. Under the influence of this shock he starts making mistakes. A check up by a doctor reveals that he's at the brink of becoming an alcoholic. Due to this evaluation he is degraded and must accept a salary cut.

På en ståtlig terrass vid Via Aurelia i Rom samlas ett antal medelålders intellektuella ur kultureliten. Det dyra vinet flödar, borden är överfulla av läckerheter, men inom herrarna regerar tomheten. Alla har fastnat i sina roller, oförmögna att hitta nya, medan de krampaktigt försöker hålla fast tiden som sedan länge gjort dem till dess fångar.

Construction worker Oreste and young fiancee Adelaide meet Nello, cook in a pizzeria. This love triangle often go to communist rallies, and enjoy the filthy beach of Ostia. Will the hostile environment leave a way to jealousy?

Vi får följa en italiensk medelklassfamiljs historia från sekelskiftet till våra dagar i en episodisk släktkrönika i tioårsintervaller. I filmens första scen döps det blivande familjeöverhuvudet, Carlo, och vi får se hur kvistarna i hans stamträd dör genom åren och hur nya friska grenar växer till.

15 years after the monumental "I mostri" which was a great example of Italian sketch comedy, 3 of the greatest Italian directors ever (Risi, Monicelli, Scola) the best Italian writers ever (Age, Scarpelli) the best Italian actors ever (Tognazzi, Gassmann, Sordi) one of the most beautiful woman in the world (Ornella Muti) participate to this great tribute.

Montelusa, Sicily, Italy, 1877. Giovanni Bovara, the new chief inspector of the mills, is charged with collecting a severe tax. Sicilian by birth, but Ligurian by adoption, he reasons and speaks as a man of northern Italy and does not understand the dynamics of the law of silence that regulate the Sicilian land, so his intransigence immediately gives him several enemies…

En episodfilm i två delar. I den första delen talar en förtvivlad kvinna i telefon med sin tidigare älskare. Den andra delen handlar om en lättlurad kvinna ligger med en luffare i tron att han är Josef. Efter det planerar hon att få barn med honom och föda självaste Jesus.

The Gestapo forces con man Victorio Bardone to impersonate a dead partisan general in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.

Giovanni tvingas ta ett jobb långt från sin Liliana. Vad som kommer bli en stor prövning för det unga paret, kanske också för med sig något gott?

Jeannette is a single mother living in a working-class community in Marseilles; she tries to support herself and her two kids on her salary as a check-out girl at a supermarket and lives in an apartment complex where everyone is thrown into close proximity with everyone else. Marius is working as a security guard at a cement factory that has gone out of business; he's also squatting in the building, since the plant is soon to be demolished and he'll be needing his money later on. One day, Jeannette happens by the factory, and spotting several cans of paint, tries to take two of them home with her. Marius spots her and tries to chase her away, while she rails at him with curses against the capitalist system. The next day, an apologetic Marius appears at her doorstep, cans of paint in hand; the two soon become friendly, and a romance begins to bloom, though it quickly becomes obvious that Jeannette's romance novel fantasies are a bit off the mark from what Marius has in mind.

Costanza is drinking a beer in a Prague pub, a summer night in 1968, while a violinist enters and starts playing a "canone inverso" for her. It is not a case, that music and that violin have a story behind that could concern her. It is the love story between Jeno Varga and the music, between Jeno and Sophie.

There is no place more hallowed in the martial art world than China's Shaolin Temple. This special place deserves a special epic, which is what the martial arts maestro delivers in this battle between a brave brand of Chinese boxers and literally thousands of Qing troops - complete with betrayals, intrigues, and such novel fighting machines as 108 wooden robots. The conflicts grow in complexity, intensity and even suspense as monks struggle to stay alive in the face of overwhelming odds.

A former convict discovers that his son has been adopted by a couple living on the mountains and tries to establish a contact with him

Lyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects as family memories, surveillance, and Buddhist teachings.

A humpback whale is beached on a remote shore. During the fight to save its life, we will discover the story of these extraordinary creatures, denizens of the world's oceans. Inspired by Heathcote William's bestselling book, WHALE NATION takes us on a journey of discovery into the unexplored territories and barely known society of whales, with their remarkable abilities and incredibly rich and complex social lives.

On the 20th anniversary of Federico Fellini's death, Ettore Scola, a devoted admirer of the incomparable maestro, commemorates the lesser-known aspects of his personality, employing interviews, photographs, behind-the-scenes footage as well as his drawings and film clips.

Two disaffected, unemployed Chinese youth drift through life on the streets of their industrial town, their paths crossing with that of a local young singer and dancer working for a liquor company as a spokesmodel.

How to Be a Billionaire meets some of the world's wealthiest and most successful individuals, finding out about their lives, their lifestyle, their dreams for the future and how they have achieved their success.