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The aftermath of WW2. In a rural village in the South of Italy, a single mother befriends the local homosexual wedding planner. Through him, she is introduced to the hidden community of gays and starts understanding her rights as a woman.

The true story of Rocco Granata, an Italian coal miner's son who followed his passion for music against his father's wishes and social barriers.

Ingrid is a lonely contract killer. She never fails. She leaves no trace. No one knows her origin.

A nearly sightless boy is sent to a school for blind children, where he secretly discovers the possibilities of the recorded sound.

When Jan decides to marry his girlfriend Sara, he is not aware of his opponent: her father, an Italian patriarch. Antonio won't hear of a wedding anywhere else than in Campobello, his hometown in southern Italy. Jan is faced with an overwhelmingly large Italian family, forced to discover new traits in his bride once she's embraced her Italian side, and looking forward to a lifetime of being the fifth wheel. But eventually he also realizes that Antonio, who left his family for Germany when he was young and ended up marrying a Germany woman, knows all these feelings first-hand and doesn't like him the less for them. Should Jan and Sara really get married?

Elena and Ernesto are a couple who are bitterly torn apart by the death of their only child. Three years later they have both somehow managed to start a new life. Until destiny forces them to reconnect and understand, they never really stopped loving one another other.

Albanian teenager, Saimir, emigrates to Italy to start a new life with his father. His father tries to make a living transporting illegal immigrants. When this fails to make his father any money, he is drawn into an insidious prostitution ring. Saimir helps his father, but a love interest makes him question his life and future.

Peng is a spoiled pop star from China. When he comes to Rome for a reality show he meets young Manman, a simple girl with a big dream: becoming a great chef. The two of them will spend together a night that will change their lives.

Jonathan Nossiter is the young winner of this year Sundance Film Festival with his controversial film "Sunday", also presented at the 50th Cannes Film Festival in the section Quinzane des realizateurs. Nossiter represents the new independent American cinema, committed to human values and social issues. In the episode he spends a whole day together with the great actors' director Arthur Penn. In his home facing Central Park, around New York on an old cab, on the stage of the Actor's Studio, Nossiter is looking for the real soul of his interviewee. Adam Simon, the director of cult-horrors like "Carnosaur" or "Brain Dead II", interviews his mentor and first producer Roger Corman. Simon meets him in his Concord Studios in Venice, Ca. With a frantic and creative style of shooting, the director explores the factory where great masterpieces of the B-movies industry were born, discusses with Corman the philosophy behind his career, his trust for younger talents, his obsession with sexuality and the unknown. Jonathan Mostow, a new revelation of big Hollywood Studios (Paramount recently released his box office buster "Breakdown" starring Kurt Russel) interviews Sidney Pollack one of the Hollywood commercial directors that better managed to keep a close-to-human-reality look in his films. In Pollack's office and during a walk through Paramount Studios, the two directors talk about how Hollywood has changed since Pollack started his career and how it is important for the director to always hold on to an artistic integrity. Actor-turned-director Bob Balaban is part of a certain cultural intellighenzia in the American independent market. He meets Robert Altman, probably one of the most provocative and European American directors. The meeting takes place in Savannah, Georgia, where Altman was shooting his latest film "The Gingerbread Man". The episode stands out for being very playful and at times almost surreal. Carlo Carlei, thanks to his epic style and technical resources, is one of the few new Italian directors to have found a space within the American film industry. He interviews Michael Mann, a big action movie director (his latest film "Heat") From Michael Mann hi-tech studio to his personal sports car shop, the two directors exchange ideas and secrets on action movies.

Womanizer father teaches clumsy son the decalogue of seduction: ten foolproof rules to make any woman fall in love. But the results will be not what expected.

Three stories set in three different worlds, three destinies that intertwine expressing the uncertainty of our confused times.

Salvatore Cirincione, alias Toto, was a terrorist connected with the Italian Red Brigades in the 1970s. Today, he scavenges in the leftovers of Lyon's wholesale market to survive.

The best among the new generation of Italian directors of the '90s meet their mentors. A confrontation between fathers and sons and a profound reflection on cinema and society.

All you wanted to know about THC and you were never told. A mix of documentary, comedy and live music to celebrate the Italian movement in favor of the legalization of cannabis.

The story of the Italian tour of the Yassets F.C, a small soccer team from a shantytown in Nairobi that plays in the Kenyan second division.

A Southern Italian family is suddenly faced with AIDS. One of them has it. Which friend or family member could have begun this cycle of infection? The characters include a vain housewife, her straight-laced husband, her gay brother, and her husband's and brother's best friend. Hilarious mayhem ensues.

Federico lives near Rome, Matteo is from northern Italy. On first impression Federico is a sulky child, not very communicative. Matteo, on the other hand, is a restless child, who always seeks attention. They are both eight, and they have another element in common: they are blind. This film follows them in their daily lives, as they interact with their families, their friends, at school and on holiday. It's the story of two ordinary kids, their fears, their hopes, and their ordeals. Then, one day, the phone rings, and they meet: they are to take part in a film. It's the beginning of a new friendship.

Every year, thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts from all over the world meet at the border between Germany and the Czech Republic. For a few days, they brave the polar cold and extreme conditions.