خلاصه داستان : دو تاجر نساجی، با مغازه نزدیک به یکدیگر، برای برتری کسب و کار خود در طول قوانین نژادی در ایتالیا مبارزه می کنند.

Two linen fabric dealers with their shops close to one another, battle against each other for more and more costumers. Umberto constantly loses clients because of the tough competition brought by Leone, who offers the best prices in the neighborhood. But they leave differences aside when the rise of Fascism places Anti-Semitic politics which rigidly control business like the one conducted by the Jewish Leone, and those new regulations are viewed by Umberto as completely unfair. The long rivalry soon becomes a great friendship.

خلاصه داستان : میشل یک استاد ریاضی است که به تازگی شغل جدیدی را در مدرسه ای با روش های آموزشی عجیب آغاز کرده است. پس از اینکه زنی در همسایگی او به قتل می رسد، میشل با همکار زیبای بیانکا آشنا می شود و رابطه ای بین آن دو آغاز می شود. این رابطه به کجا می‌رود و آیا میشل می‌تواند به پلیس در دستگیری قاتل کمک کند؟

Eccentric and full of manias, Michele is a young high school professor who defines himself as “not used to happiness”. He realizes his life is meaningless if he doesn’t have a woman by his side but, after a series of rather disastrous experiences, he feels more alone than ever. Then, out of the blue, a new French teacher called Bianca arrives at school. Amongst uncertainties and contradictions, the two start dating. In the meantime, a series of homicides take place and a police officer begins to suspect that Michele is involved. Bianca will save him providing an alibi at the right moment, but then, everything goes wrong again.

خلاصه داستان : در سال 1944 ، ساکنان یک شهر کوچک ایتالیایی تحت کنترل محور ، خانه های خود را ترک می کنند تا نیروهای متفقین آزاد کننده را جستجو کنند.

The Night of San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. In 1944, a group of Italians flee their town after hearing rumours that the Nazis plan to blow it up and that the Americans are about to arrive to liberate them.

خلاصه داستان : در جنگ جهانی دوم ، یك گروه بدخواه ارتش ایتالیا یك جزیره غیر استراتژیك یونان را برای مدت زمان جنگ اشغال می كند.

Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers in a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack. The village of the island seems abandoned and there isn't a single enemy in sight, so the soldiers begin to relax a little. Things change when their ship is hit and destroyed by the enemy, and the soldiers find themselves abandoned there.

خلاصه داستان : پنج داستان از لوئیجی پیراندلو که در ایتالیا در قرن گذشته اتفاق می افتد.

Five stories center on a werewolf, a feudal landlord, peasants, a ghost, and a mother and her sons.