Through letters, diaries and personal testimonies, an account of the complexity and variety of experiences of LGBT Italians during the Fascist dictatorship of Benito Mussolini (1922-43); intimate words that contrast with the lyrics of popular songs and the propaganda of the time, obsessed with...
Cecilia is a commoner who runs an inn, where the specialty is the "spaghetti alla carbonara". Moreover, the woman is tied to the movement of young patriots, named "Carbonari", who want a united Italy, and are struggling against the power of the pope. Cecilia believes she lost her husband in a fatal...
The Second World War shows itself to the people in all its terror. Bianca is a dog. Her Jewish family was deported. Hopeless, she wanders around the city, until she finds an abandoned child. It is a matter of a moment, Bianca rediscovers the joy of living, names that child Arf and decides to make...