Five friends Freccia, Bruno, Tito, Jena and Boris are very keen on music but they live in a little town in northern Italy and spend most of their days at the local bar. They decide to set up an independent radio which soon becomes the voice of a generation. When Freccia dies from an overdose the radio takes his name.
Tag: ITALY
In 1930s Italy, Tommaso Scalia commits a triple homicide, and the public, the newly instated fascist leaders and Tommaso himself all believe the death penalty is the only answer. Judge Vito Di Francesco is put on the case, though, and he doesn’t believe in capital punishment. As the judge remains determined to see that Tommaso gets a proper trial, he infuriates members of Mussolini’s regime — and finds his own life at risk.
In 1950s Sicily, a con artist poses as a motion picture talent scout and exploits the dreams of the island’s residents. However, his relationship with a beautiful village girl causes him to rethink his scam.
Costanza is drinking a beer in a Prague pub, a summer night in 1968, while a violinist enters and starts playing a “canone inverso” for her. It is not a case, that music and that violin have a story behind that could concern her. It is the love story between Jeno Varga and the music, between Jeno and Sophie. It is also the friendship story with David on the background of WWII and the ‘Prague spring’ 25 years later. Music and Love the most powerful link that could resist through the time.
This story takes place during an experiment concerning psychological effects of mental fatigue on those locked in a fallout shelter for a long period of time. Twelve subjects are locked in a nuclear fallout shelter to see how long they can endure before mental breakdown occurs. After the experiment Dr. Herbert Monroe tells the world about this terrifying experiment and its outcome.
An amateur photographer watches a beautiful woman emerge from a beach hut and disappear into the sea.
Actor Max and the rich maiden Giovanna often meet in the house of Michele, an arid writer, and his wife Nina, and talk about many things, but mostly about love. Giovanna is in love with Michele, while Nina betrays him with Max. To revive their relationship and make it more exciting, Max finds for Nina an exceptional and paid amateur, Rick, a rebel intellectual. It happens, however, that the young protester falls in love with her, to whom he declares, writes, telephones, until, desperate, he tries to kill himself.