Pupella Maggio

A famous film director returns home to a Sicilian village for the first time after almost 30 years. He reminisces about his childhood at the Cinema Paradiso where Alfredo, the projectionist, first brought about his love of films. He is also reminded of his lost teenage love, Elena, who he had to leave before he left for Rome. (imdb)

In this movie Fellini portrays his home town of Rimini as he remembered it in '30s, during his young days... (imdb)

Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter, Rosetta, flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second world war. They travel to the village where Cesira was born. During their journey and in the village, the mother does everything to protect Rosetta. However, on one occasion they both get raped by soldiers hiding in a church... (imdb)

Trying to make a career into the Italian medical system, young doctor Guido Tersilli has sometimes to bend the rules of ethics.

After the 1980 earthquake in Southern Italy, Angela and Salvatore's house is wrecked so Angela goes to look at a new one. Alberto who found the new house is waiting for her there and seduces her. Salvatore finds out and leaves his wife. (ftvdb.bfi.org)

Doctor Guido Tersilli, previously involved in a series of shady deals, becomes head of Villa Celeste, a luxurious clinic owned by his father-in-law. Driven by an excessive desire to make money, he provokes a revolt by his colleagues in the clinic. (wordlcat)

Pasquale Grifone dreams of Dante Alighieri revealing him three lotto numbers.

Robotti, a bank employee, discovers someone has been embezzling money at his branch, and when he refuses to take a bribe to stay quiet, he is fired. After he falls in love, he abandons his moral code to make a fortune in the stock market.

Two impoverished couples invent a stratagem to make a living: beautiful Rita (Monica Vitti) pretends to be a prostitute and upon advance payment takes the customers to her room. When she shows the unfortunate punter the bed still inhabited by the body of her deceased husband--who is actually alive and well--people run away horrified, also thanks to the presence of Agostino (Eduardo De Filippo) and his top hat, which makes everything even more lugubrious.

In Naples, Luca Cupiello and his wife Concetta, try to get ready for Christmas while their children Ninuccia and Tommasino complicate whole the preparations. Ninuccia is in love with Tommasino's best friend Vittorio and wants to leave her husband Nicolino. (Italy Magazine)

From the assassination attempt on the Colonel's leader in 1968 until the day of his death, Alexandros Panagulis became the driving force behind the struggle against dictatorship in Greece.