A marginalized twelve-years-old boy lives in a village where he is constantly mistreated. Until one day, a "miracle" happens: after being bullied for the umpteenth time, his tears turn to blood. News of this event goes viral on the internet and fills the hearts and heads of the villagers with mystic excitement. With all eyes of the people now upon him, he must decide how to treat others, especially those who mistreated him.
Daniele is sitting at the counter of a bar, when he notices that something is wrong: on screen,, some subtitles in English reveal everything that is said, including dialogues and noises. He runs home and shares his fears with his friend Tony, an apathetic and unambitious young man like him, coming to the conclusion that their life is nothing more than a film whose plot seems to be tied to the choices of an ambitious film crew.
Moving from your homeland to another country is no less risky than an astronaut’s first step into outer space.
This short movie takes place inside a peculiar Complaint Office, a setting out of this world, where anybody can lodge a complaint, even the most absurde ones. In the county office, two employees are surrounded by documents and folders, trying desperately to find the right solutions to the crazy claims they receive. As source of inspiration, a goldfish and a rabbit, who keep them company.
Sister Margherita is a young Benedictine nun living in the 19th century in an Italian monastery. She had the opportunity to see and touch Jesus Christ and she is in love with him, but for some reason he decided to disappear living her in a mood of anguish and despair. This love for God and the desperate attempt to have him back leads her to a self-destructing behavior: she lays in dirty places surrounded by rats, she whips her back and scream and so on. Her friend, sister Chiara, suggests her to stop behaving like that, to calm down and try to look for God in the harmony of Nature. Sister Margherita accepts her advice and she spent some time in the woods: after a nap she starts hearing scary voices, then she reach a lake and she understand that God himself is calling her.
After his village is attacked, a cowboy steals a black sphere. The mysterious object changes hands and it finally arrives to a bandit camp. The Indian girl who is carrying the sphere is captured and tied to a big cross. The cowboy confronts the bandits, in the attempt to have the sphere back, but they are all distracted by the arrive of the obscure owner of the craved object. The fight is ruthless, dramatic. Only the girl tries to escape, but she will have to meet her fate.
She is a mute 30 years old woman, with a very few contacts with the outside world, whose life is divided between a job she despises and a tormented love story. Her lover is 20 years older and he has a wife and a daughter. We meet the two protagonist inside his car, after a sexual encounter. She is upset because unsatisfied by the terms of their relationship, but he is not able to meet her requests of starting a new life together. Their love story keeps suffering from ups and downs, until she finds the courage to end it facing his violent reaction.
‘The Invisible Player’ is the first documentary about homophobia in football in Italy and tells the story of the Florence-based gay-friendly Revolution Team. Through interviews with the Galatasaray and former Italy, Fiorentina and Roma manager Cesare Prandelli and the former Milan centre back Alessandro Costacurta the documentary promotes a debate around the topic and offers support for gay players.The film also looks at the relationships between players, clubs and fans and the impact of these in promoting a diverse and welcoming environment in football for gay players.
Drag Queens are peculiar artists who do not follow the rules, hence they can be hard to define. All the artists of this documentary come from this unique world. We want to connect the audience with this subculture that can be difficult to understand, especially for those who are not directly involved.
