The Italian recipe
Peng, a Chinese pop star, arrives in Rome for a reality show. Mandy, who lives in Italy with her Chinese aunt and uncle, dreams of becoming a great chef one day. At first the two hate each other, but circumstances force them to spend a life-changing night together.
Coffee
Three stories related to the element of coffee and set in three parts of the world very far from each other - Italy, Belgium and China - three destinies intertwining prisoners of time confused and uncertain that our world is experiencing. The three stories intertwine to end in a final resolution, a message of hope for this world so fragile to which we all belong.
The Habit of Beauty
Ernesto a successful photographer and his mate Elena, gallery owner, living in England and decided to return to Italy for a holiday. In the mountains of Trentino they have a terrible accident that mess up their lives forever. It is the beginning of an intimate and painful path, different for each of the two. Until the eve of the exhibition that should bring together Ernesto and Elena after three years of silence, something unexpected urges them to return to their land, where families still live, in an effort to rebuild ties with the past and with their identity.
Marina
Salvatore Granata, a poor ironsmith, has to leave the country for a job as a coalminer in Belgium. His 10-year-old son Rocco and his wife Ida stay in Italy. But after one year, Salvatore, urges his family to come over. By the time Rocco arrives in Waterschei, a small mining town in Belgium, his excitement turns into grave disappointment. Read more...
10 rules for falling in love
Marco is a very clumsy but sensitive teacher in a kindergarten. When he falls in love with Stefania, his life becomes a mess. To his friends she is a “wonder woman”: stunning, upper class, full of hobbies… Marco has no chance. Marco is about to give up when his father Renato, a womanizer Latin lover, comes in town. Read more...
Le piccole idee
Four Italian middle class families are facing problems which until a few years ago were easily solved. But in times of economic crisis they now seem unsolvable. Yet, with the help of a small idea, the protagonists will find unconventional solutions to handle the emergency.
Wedding fever in Campobello
Organizing a wedding is never easy, but when Jan decides to marry his girl-friend Sara, he is not aware of his opponent: her father Antonio, who is an Italian patriarch. Antonio won't hear of a wedding anywhere else than in Campobello, his hometown in southern Italy. Read more...
Red like the sky
Tuscany, 1970. Mirco is a bright, lively 10-year-old, crazy about the movies – especially Westerns and adventure films. One day, while Mirco is playing with an old rifle, the gun accidentally goes off; the boy is shot in the head. He survives, but loses his sight. From that moment his life changes completely.