Massimo Abbate

One of the key factors in Italian unification was the overthrow in 1860 of Francesco, the King of Naples and the two Sicilies, who went into elegant but impoverished exile in Rome with his Queen, Maria Sofia. This seriocomic drama follows the deposed royals as they adapt to their new lives. The former king has recognized the political finality of his deposition, but his queen has taken to traveling in men's clothing all over Italy trying to foment an uprising to restore them to the throne. She is also frantic to have a baby, an heir, but the king has become celibate as a kind of homage to his beloved mother; he spends all his time lobbying the Vatican to get her declared a saint.

Lola Blue is a talented comedian on the rise to success, regularly performing in Naples' trendiest clubs, with a next big break: to be the star of "Crepapelle," a TV show destined to be the pinnacle of her career. However, her impetuous and rage-prone temperament causes her problems, triggering public episodes of wrath that draw criticism and a court order forcing her to participate in a five-week group therapy program. She arrives at Sacred Circle, a retreat in the midst of nature in Umbria. Initially, Lola feels completely out of place and attempts to sabotage the experience; however, just as she begins to find serenity, a call from her manager prompts her to return to the stage. After an intimate night with Ravi, the retreat leader, Lola returns to Naples. Despite her renewed success, she decides to give up her race for fame to seek a deeper existential balance.

Set in Italy during the 1920s, a barber is in a wheelchair because of a psychosomatic illness after he lost the woman he loves.

Jennifer is a melancholic and romantically unsatisfied transgender woman who lives in a small apartment in Naples. Meanwhile, a serial killer is targeting the trans residents of the neighborhood. Jennifer spends each night listening to the radio and waiting for a phone call or the return of Franco, an engineer who left Naples for work and who Jennifer previously had a relationshp with. The phones in the neighborhood are unreliable and lines are frequently crossed. Anna, another transgender woman who lives in the same building visits Jennifer's apartment one evening, believing that Jennifer is receiving her calls. The two strangers talk and wait for the phone to ring.