Antonio Pennarella

Italy, 1956. In the picturesque island of Amatrello, a unique custom keeps the young men of the village busy: when a girl turns eighteen, every boy is invited to bring a gift for her first date. However the gift is not for the girl, but for the father... who will ultimately determine which boy takes her on her first rendez-vous! Eighteen-year-old fisherman's son Marcello doesn't care about this tradition until he sets eyes on the enchanting Elena, the daughter of the Mayor... (imdb)

A fisherman who lives in the Rione Terra of Pozzuoli, catches a polyp that at night is transformed into a sensuous woman. An odd black prince who claims to be the brother of the unfortunate woman tells the fisherman about the sad fate to which she has been condemned by a magic spell. But the polyp, which has taken lodging in a tub and at night visits Toritore's bed, in spite of it all will ultimately meet her fate in a frying-pan. (imdb)

A woman tries to break away from the Italian mob for her child's sake, and moves north.

In Disperata, an abandoned village in the depths of Apulia in southern Italy, whose name is already a sad omen, the mayor, with a melancholy temperament, does not feel up to his role. He must face the pugnacious opposition of business people who want to concretize the waterfront. (imdb)