Maria Denis

The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful birth of a domestic star system, populated by very peculiar artists among whom stood out several beautiful, magnetic, special actresses; a dark story of war, drugs, sex, censorship and tragedy.

Nine episodes about life in Italy in the period just before its economic boom.

Inspired to the real story of the Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto. We see how, to save 22 hostages from dead sentence by Nazi, he decided to sacrifice himself.

Angelo has been drafted into the Italian Army in World War II. He does not like people shooting at him, so he tries all sorts of tricks to avoid being caught up in the action. However, events always seem to lead him back to the fighting.

A movie actress gets arrested and has a hard time finding sleep at the police station. Then her director appears and saves her.

A sinister fortress on an island where the sun never seems to shine. An officer whose values have long gone a thing of the past.

When young Andrea arrives in Barcelona to begin her university studies, she stays at her aunt Angustias' house, where she lives with several relatives with whom she has constant arguments.

A mob boss seeks refuge from the police at the home of an ordinary family.

The entrance of a woman in a café where, gathered by chance, four men play cards, brings to the mind of each of them the memory of their past love experiences.

A host of college girls take different life paths in the Italy of the 1930s.