Francesco Gheghi

Rome. The 1980s. After the magnum opus The Art of Joy she has been working on for a decade is rejected by the Italian publishing world, writer Goliarda Sapienza commits a desperate theft that costs her her reputation and social position. Incarcerated in Italy’s largest female prison, she finds herself living alongside thieves, junkies, sex workers and revolutionaries. After her release, she continues to meet with these women and over the course of a sweltering summer, a life-changing relationship flowers – a relationship that will reawaken her the desire to live and to write.

As a child, Jack believed the tender lie his parents told him, that Gio was a special being with superpowers, as in a comic book. Now that he is about to go to high school, however, Jack no longer believes that his brother is a superhero, in fact, he is almost ashamed of him, especially since he met Arianna, the first love of his life.

It explores the tragic events leading up to the murder of 21-year-old Willy Monteiro Duarte, highlighting the intertwining of chance encounters, rivalries, and latent tensions.

Davide, a good kid with the eyes of a child and the body of a grown man, is kidnapped one night and locked inside the dark trailer of a truck. He becomes a prisoner of a mysterious organization that forces him to fight, bare-handed, in brutal underground matches that can end only one way: the death of one of the two fighters.

The teenage son of two fathers makes a documentary film about his parents but is surprised when a real-life plot twist occurs in his family.

Two young men from the outskirts of Rome, Marcello and Nino, destroy the neighborhood boss’s bar and are forced to flee. As they run, Marcello hides on a film set in Cinecittà, where he has an encounter that will change his life.

Luigi looks after his mother and his little brother since their abusive father Franco left when he was 10. Now a young man brimming with rage, he joins a far-right gang in search of belonging just as Franco shows up again in their life.

To avoid jail, a tax-dodging businessman is sentenced to a year of community service in a homeless shelter.

Two young boys, Valerio and Christian, form a powerful friendship over the summer.

Three years have passed, Antonio and Luca are seeing each other for the first time since Denis's death. Luca, who has hit rock bottom after the death of his friend, was lucky enough to meet Tancredi, his current boyfriend, ...while Antonio has focused on his work, so much so that he is now a well-known chef in a pastry shop. It is clear that there is still a special relationship between the two, but Antonio mistakes Luca's affection for something more and does everything he can to ruin his relationship with Tancredi, even though Cristina does not approve of his behavior. Will Antonio learn to leave the past behind in order to fully experience what the future has to offer him?

19-year-old Max gets a startup incubator opportunity in Rome, disrupting his summer plans with friends. As he navigates the adult world, his friends enjoy carefree youth, prompting Max to rethink his priorities and future desires.

In the heart of the 17th century, Friar Leopoldo da Casamacchia recounts the Gospel with a joy and freedom never seen before. While the Church speaks in Latin, he speaks to the people of a God who is close to them, capable of bringing comfort, hope, and even of laughing alongside them. His voice spreads from village to village, winning over thousands of people and emptying the churches. The echo of his message reaches as far as Rome, where the Pope entrusts the case to Cardinal Maculani, the most influential inquisitor of the time. What begins as a trial turns into an unexpected confrontation, capable of shaking seemingly unshakable convictions. While Leopoldo’s fate seems sealed, doubt begins to change even those who judge him. Because you can silence a voice, but not what that voice has left behind in others.

In the past few days Rome has been the scene of a singular event: when it rains, the manholes exhale a dense steam whose origin and composition is unknown. No one can imagine that whoever breathes in the mysterious substance will have to deal with what he/she represses, their darkest instincts, their anger. Not even the Morel family.

Rome, historic center. Daniele, Lisa and two children: Sveva, a teenage girl, and Paolo, a seven-year old boy. A perfect family and a life that seems perfect. But it is not. One day Daniele empties his side of the wardrobe and leaves.

The true story of Antonio Maglio—doctor, academic, and director of INAIL—who played a decisive role in the creation of the first edition of the Paralympics, held in Rome in 1960 after the Olympic Games.

In a scorching Rome, flooded with waste and electric scooters, Al is a serial dreamer who feels destined for success. When he helplessly witnesses the disintegration of his dream to make it big with his rock band, fate points him toward a second path: a phone containing evidence of a crime. With a knowledge of noir stories at his disposal, Al becomes convinced that he can solve the case. As he begins the investigation, he encounters Betty, a young adventure-seeking outsider, through a dating app. Both searching for a place in the world, they delve into a mystery that soon proves to be beyond their grasp.

One evening, Alma comes home rather upset. She has experienced what happens to many teenagers in life: betrayal. The boy she is dating, Davide, who is a few years older than her, has cheated on her. Lucio and Anna Maria, Alma's parents, immediately take their daughter's side, trying to convince her that in the end it is for the best. Until Alma confesses that she has done something a little risky.