Patrizia De Clara

A collection of dark-humoured vignettes, including tales of a cardinal with a liberal congregation, a motorist and a hitchhiker, mentally challenged tramps, parents contemplating their daughter's participation in a pornographic film, and a conniving husband.

“...1900'ün yalnızca siyasal bir film olarak anılmasını istemem. Bu, daha geniş olarak yaşam, yazgı, aşk ve siyaset üzerine bir filmdir. Çünkü siyaset de gündelik yaşamımızın bir parçasıdır...” - Bernardo Bertolucci Mekan, 19. Yüzyılın sonunda siyasi birliğini sağlamayı ancak başarabilmiş, bu nedenle de sömürgecilik yarışında geri kalmış İtalya. İtalya’nın en ünlü toprak sahiplerinden Berlinghieri ailesinin oğlu Alfredo ve babası çiftçi olan Olmo, 1900 yılında aynı gün doğarlar. Adaletsizliklerle ve ekonomik sıkıntılarla dolu olan 20. Yüzyıl İtalyası’nda iki yakın arkadaş olan Alfredo ve Olmo’nun arasındaki ilişki, yaşları büyüdükçe keskinleşen sınıf farklılıkları ve ülke içi-dışında yaşanan siyasi sorunlar nedeniyle arkadaşlıktan düşmanlığa dönüşür. Savaşa gidip gelen Alfredo, artık Marksist Olmo’nun gözünde, yok edilmesi gereken faşist bir liderden başka bir şey değildir.

Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his young years.

Büyük usta Pier Paolo Pasolini, Giovanni Boccaccio'nun kitabından sekiz öyküye yer verdiği Dekameron'da, neşe ve kalabalıkla dolu düşsel bir dünya ile birçok önemli toplumsal olaya şahit olmuş yüzyılımız ve ortaçağ arasındaki ilgi çekici bağa dikkatlerimizi çekiyor.

Comedy about the flawed Italian healthcare system of the time and a doctor's expeirence with it.

A bankrupt Italian count commit suicide and one of his creditors takes over his family villa but he allows the widow, the mother, and the three adult sisters to stay on. The creditor is a wealthy businessman, but also basically an uncouth peasant (who fancies himself an opera singer). Still, the dimwitted, sex-crazed sisters try to seduce both him and his shy, virginal son who accompanies him.

A fig tree growing in the estates of Baron Anteo Pellacani has been worshipped since the Middle Ages, after a Saint was supposedly martyred there. The Baron, who was crippled in a fig tree-related accident and has since become a raging atheist, vows to tear it down—until he mistakes a beautiful prostitute momentarily lying on the tree for the Saint herself, falling in love with her. Her pimp, his relatives and the clergy try to take advantage of his newfound faith.

Multiple stories intersect in this satirical look at misogyny, male promiscuity and oppressive behaviour: a wealthy man discovers his wife suffers from kleptomania and decides to help her indulge her vice; a retired circus performer returns to knife-throwing with his once-lovely assistant, even though his vision has deteriorated; and a lecherous college professor attempts to sleep with his attractive female students.

The study of semantics has convinced Amedio that things only have relative validity, and that everything is changeable. So it seems, because while on an Italian holiday with his family, he conceives the idea that his aging wife should assume the role of his mother, and his daughter, who has an infant son, should assume the role of his wife and lover. His real mother, an elderly invalid, dies just as this conceit begins to take form, and, inexplicably, the women placidly go along with this odd notion for a time, but eventually return to their former roles.

A strange love story between a devoted young nun and a young Marxist determined to help run the hospital wards where the nun is the head nurse.

Duke Philippe marries Cristina, the daughter of a fisherman. But his brothers, seeing that they would be cut from the family inheritance set to go to Cristina, decide to get rid of her by imprisoning her in a tower and making the duke believe she died.

Wolfgang Cazotte, a famous, refined and charming court painter of the early 19th century, plans to seduce Ehrengard, an attractive and proud virgin, without touching her, just by instilling in her a throbbing passion. At one point, though, the painter's artifice seems to start turning its back on him.

Don Matteo is a thoroughly ordinary Catholic priest with an extraordinary ability to read people and solve crimes. He’s a parish priest who never met an unjustly accused person he didn’t want to help.

Annamaria, a single, independent, and career-focused photojournalist living in Rome. Her structured life is turned upside down when her sister suddenly departs, leaving her three young children—Carlo, Alice, and the baby Nicolas—in Annamaria's care. Completely inexperienced in parenting and juggling a demanding job alongside a complex romantic life, Annamaria must adapt to her unexpected role as a surrogate mother, leading to a series of chaotic situations, emotional growth, and heart-warming moments.