Biser Marinov

The story of Radio Radicale journalist Antonio Russo

Set against the backdrop of a violent gang war, the police commissioner must find who is killing young children before the next innocent victim dies.

It is a time when Rome rules the world with the power of life and death in their hands. The province of Roman Palestine is a bubbling cauldron of rebellion and control. And on this greater canvas Luke, narrates a story of wonder, amazement and impact... The world is anticipating this moment in history but no one can imagine God touching His creation in the form of a little baby named Jesus. Much is recorded in the Gospels about Jesus' miraculous birth, to a young virgin named Mary, in Bethlehem, but little is known about his quiet growing up in Nazareth. Joseph, his adopted father, seems to have died well before Jesus turns 30 and begins his ministry.

In 1988, Plamen finds himself in a reformatory school for juvenile criminals. There he meets Ivan, Gudata and Chernio and together they tread the path that leads to thefts and burglaries. With the fall of Communism in 1989 the political system changes dramatically. Still, are these four able to change?

A string of solitary figures grope their way through the sun-drenched wilderness. Meanwhile, a dignified urban drifter explores and remaps the common roads of the sleeping city. The highs and lows of urban life might ultimately be transcended.

A couple of former filmmakers travel in an old camper van, along with some old movies, trying to move the past into the present, hoping that memories can bring back old hopes and dreams. They travel around towns and villages, presenting world and native examples in the art of film - The Magnificent Seven, The Birds, Apocalypse Now, New Cinema Paradiso, Love is Madness, The Goat's Horn, Every Mile. The idea is to make the past present with... films.

The extraordinary life story of Giuseppe Di Vittorio, elected first secretary of the CGIL trade union after the war and member of the Constituent Assembly in the ranks of the Italian Communist Party. A man committed, until his death, to fighting for workers' unity.