State buoni se potete

Giacinto lives with his wife, their ten children and various other family members in a shack on the hills of Rome. Some time ago he has lost his left eye while at work, and got a consistent sum of money from the insurance company, which he keeps hidden from the rest of the family. His whole life is now based on defending the money he sees as his own, while the rest of the family tries to kill him.

Ulisse, Fulvio and Domenico decide to rent an apartment together in order to live with their modest work. However the three encounter any difficulties that have forced them to always be one step away from starvation. Ulisse has to maintain his wife and daughter selling recordings of important foreign singers, Fulvio has the task of reviewing silly scandals of celebrities instead of writing articles for major artists, while Domenico must keep his wife and children going to make love with old single pensioners.

Jon Katz’ın anılarından beyazperdeye uyarlanan film, orta yaş bunalımındaki bir yazarın collie cinsi bir köpekle birlikte değişen hayatını anlatıyor. Eskisi kadar üretken olmayan bir yazar olan Jon Katz, kendisine bir köpek alarak hayvanın daha rahat etmesi için bir çiftlik evine taşınır. Ancak orta yaş krizinde çıldırmanın eşiğindeki bu adam, ondan daha deli çıkan köpeğini dize getirirken, kendini bulacaktır.

This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile

The film follows Nello, the recently hired director of a newly developed work cooperative of former mental patients. After the closure of state psychiatric hospitals and asylums in Italy under the Basaglia Law many former patients were left with few resources and little hope of reintegrating into society. With the intention of actually improving the lives of his pupils, rather than just sedating them, Nello encourages them to expand their individual abilities and explore the wider world around them although, regardless of intention, there is sometimes a price to pushing boundaries too quickly.

Irene lives in Rome. When her mother ask to, she go back to Rimini, her hometown, to take care of her autistic brother, Omar. She soon discover that Omar knows very well what to expect from the future, but in order to achieve his dreams, he need to be independent, which is why Irene begins a tender crash course to teach him adult life.