Marisa Mantovani

Faccia di spia tries to tell the story of the CIA and other government intelligence agencies with lots of re-creations and dramatizations and points out some of the more brutal aspects of the intelligence community from around the world. Wars are started, all facets of everyday life are controlled, innocent people are tortured needlessly and subjected to extreme violence.

Two 20 year olds on the toughest day of their young lives. Matteo and his terrible plan: he wants to practice euthanasia on his mother who is terminally ill. Juliette and her big test: she has to decide whether to have an abortion or not. In this seemingly endless day, Matteo and Juliette meet each other, they get close to each other and they find themselves. Between them, they spark off their unstoppable "desire for truth" against the adult world which is made up of compromises and hypocrisy. Matteo and Juliette show the state of their souls "live" as if they were being followed by the camera...

The Posalaquaglia cousins are two small scammers and make a living of expedients: Dante receives as recognition for Tommaso a bill of one hundred thousand lire from the famous financier Bruscatelli, who ends up in prison immediately afterwards.

The film is set in the period of fascism and is represented through the story of the general inspector Vincenzo Trani.

A young aspiring director steals a silent movie camera to make his movie.

Our hero is the 18-year-old Alessio Mainardi, who receives a token red carnation from a girl named Giovanna and becomes a symbol of love, desire, and even has political overtones as a symbol of the struggle for political freedom in opposition to Fascism.

A classical pianist falls in love with a friend's young daughter.