Vladimiro Cecconi

Beatrice est une mythomane bavarde au comportement excessif. Donatella est une jeune femme tatouée, fragile et introvertie. Ces deux patientes de la Villa Biondi, une institution thérapeutique pour femmes sujettes à des troubles mentaux, se lient d'amitié. Une après-midi, elles décident de s'enfuir bien décidées à trouver un peu de bonheur dans cet asile de fous à ciel ouvert qu'est le monde des gens «sains».

A bankrupt restaurateur on the brink of suicide is suddenly treated with deference and kindness by a bizarre group of strangers — who welcome him in their home, no less! Truth is they have mistaken him for the tax man they're waiting for, desperate to save their floundering ostrich-breeding business.

In late 19th-century Sicily, the noble Uzeda family—whose lineage dates back to the ancient viceroys that ruled those lands—fights to preserve its waning power in the face of the newly unified Italian regime.

A bankrupt restaurateur on the brink of suicide is suddenly treated with deference and kindness by a bizarre group of strangers — who welcome him in their home, no less! Truth is they have mistaken him for the tax man they're waiting for, desperate to save their floundering ostrich-breeding business.