Francesca Balletta

Chronique d'une famille italienne à Rome de 1906 à nos jours, racontée par son patriarche : « À mettre ainsi bout à bout tout ce qui se passe dans une famille, on ne sait pas s'il y a de quoi rire ou de quoi pleurer. »

A gang of four boys and a woman kidnap a lawyer.

The incorruptible judge Annibale Salvemini, starts investigating over a classic Italian business/politics/corruption affair. He start to operate, as usual, very strongly. He orders numberless arrests. But the reaction of counterparts won't take long. In fact his strong energetic manners, drive him unintentionally on the opposite situation. Who is the real guilty the judge or the corrupted Italian society?

Italy, the early 19th century. A villa is the home of a small English community, all rich and superficial people lounging about in its beautiful surroundings. Claire, George's wife, and Robert, her son, are murdered by a mysterious killer. Thinking the murderer is one of the family, distraught George devises a plan to unmask the culprit. Having met a woman, Ann, who is a dead ringer for Claire, he takes her back to the villa and announces their imminent marriage. Ann is considered an outsider and treated with contempt and hostility, while George fails to find any significant clue to the solution: everybody is to be blamed, at least morally, but the final revelation is more bitter than expected...

Des femmes sont enfermées contre leur gré dans un couvent du XIXe siècle, dirigé de main de fer par le prêtre confesseur. Cloîtrées, les recluses supportent mal l'abstinence qui leur est imposée par la mère supérieure. Elles s'abandonnent entre elles au libertinage pour fuir cette autorité.