The Perfect Presence

Francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. She meets the voluptuous peasant rice worker, Silvana, and the soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. Walter follows her to the rice fields, and the four characters become involved in a complex plot involving robbery, love, and murder.

The adventures of Lieutenant Airoldi of Piedmont who is trying to gather intelligence for the Republic about the advancing Austrian armies near the river Ticino ahead of the battle of Novara.

A day in Rome viewed by sixteen different directors under the supervision of the great screenwriter Cesare Zavattini.

An episodic film based on letters to agony columns, showing the effect of sex on the lives of women.

A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian Communist Party.

A story about the devil's influence on five people's lives in 20th-century Venice.

Filmed in 1962 in Milan, on the Idroscalo: a sometimes affectionate gaze, other biting on a varied and popular humanity, distinct and joyful, that of the Italian economic boom.