Andrea Zambelli

Three prostitutes live in the wasteland by the sea, where a village of outcasts has emerged. It is life in a harsh reality of poverty, ignorance, and violence. And the only ray of light in their lives is Arturo, whom they care for together. The young man is a weak-minded child in an adult body. His mother died in childbirth, and the women took him into their care as a newborn. What will the fate of this young man be in an environment he has not chosen and cannot choose because of his disability?

A beautiful fugitive draws a shy film buff out of his shell while she hides in the museum — the cavernous interiors of the Mole Antonelliana in Turin, Italy — where he works as night watchman.

The Gaza Strip. An inexplicable event has occurred during the night: dozens of manta rays stranded on the beach in Gaza City. Fishermen from all over the Strip hasten to grab some fresh fish. Meanwhile the city is awakening. Antar spurs his brother to get up, today is the great day, in the afternoon he will record his first disk.

A walk through the immense private library of Italian writer and thinker Umberto Eco (1932-2016).

This documentary travels back to the World War II period, with archival footage of the workers that demonstrates how the women lived from day to day (driving trucks and tractors, bathing in streams, et cetera - always singing to keep their spirits up); director Andrea Zambelli then interviews those among the women who are still living (now in their 70s and 80s). As the film unfurls, it reveals an astonishing and colorful truth: a number of the women subsequently formed a singing ensemble during their golden years, and decided to tour Italy in that outfit, regularly performing the folks songs of their youth that majestically re-evoke that time. As the women congregate and talk on-camera, revealing their colorful, magnetic personalities, they tell detailed and evocative tales of the past and of the emotions they initially experienced.

A year of life across the entire Alpine region, from the spring thaw to the arrival of winter, seen through the eyes, gestures, and reflections of three characters: Virginie, Marcel, and Valentin. Far removed from the stereotype of the “mountain man,” these figures embody a contemporary, resilient, and at times innovative way of living and working in the Alps. For them, a return to a rural lifestyle is both a political and a spiritual choice.