Franco Venditti

Dans les faubourgs de Rome, Accattone, souteneur de son état, vient de perdre Maddalena, celle qui, pour lui, se livrait à la prostitution. Stella, sa nouvelle protégée, va bouleverser sa vie…

Oscar dreams of becoming an actor or a stuntman. To contact a manufacturer he stages an accident and consequently injures a young actress, then tries to limit the damage by taking the girl to his home.

Sergio Benvenuti is a shy seller of contracts for a Roman company of music, but because of his character he cannot find even a customer, so he asks for help from a fellow named Nadia.

Three Italians travel to their hometown to vote for elections: Pasquale is a Southern immigrant living in Munich who's genuinely happy to come back to Italy, even if just for a few days, but the country he dreams of is far from reality; Furio travels to Rome with his family, but his niggling attitude threatens to push his wife Magda over the edge; young Mimmo is also going to Rome, but the trip is repeatedly interrupted by worries about his grandma's health.

Three stories set in summer Rome, three characters all played by Verdone: an awkward young man meets a Spanish tourist; another one plans a trip towards East with a suitcase full of stockings and biro pens; a hippie is visited by his father, who tries to convince him to get back home.

En 1846, le quartier de Five Points, un faubourg pauvre de New York, est le théâtre d'une guerre des gangs entre émigrants irlandais d'un côté, les Dead Rabbits menés par Père Vallon, et les Native Americans de l'autre, dirigés par le sanguinaire Bill le Boucher. Ce dernier met rapidement en déroute les Dead Rabbits en assassinant leur chef, et prend par la même occasion le contrôle exclusif des rues de la "grosse pomme". Afin de renforcer ses pouvoirs, Bill s'allie avec Boss Tweed, un politicien influent. Seize ans plus tard, le gang des Native Americans règne toujours en maître dans New York. Devenu adulte, Amsterdam Vallon souhaite venger la mort de son père en éliminant Bill. Mais sa rencontre avec Jenny Everdeane, une énigmatique pickpocket dont l'indépendance et la beauté le fascinent, va compliquer les choses...

A priest, after spending years in humanitary missions in Africa, reunites with his family, which is in worse conditions than when he left, and above all meets a young lady who will make him doubt both himself and his faith.