Litwinka Karin Bjorsen (Bergman), żyjąca pod koniec wojny we włoskim obozie dla uchodźców, nie ma żadnych finansowych środków, by wrócić do normalnego życia. Spotyka włoskiego żołnierza, Antonia (Vitale), który zabiega o jej rękę. Poślubia go, by wyjść z zamknięcia i towarzyszy mu w drodze na rodzinną wyspę, Stromboli. Jest ostrożna w kontaktach z mieszkańcami. Kiedy dowiaduje się, że wielu z nich podróżowało po świecie, pyta: To dlaczego jesteście tutaj? Odpowiedź brzmi zawsze tak samo: Bo tu się urodziłem. Gdy urządza po nowemu dom Antonia, ten bije ją, ponieważ zmieniła jego dotychczasowe miejsce na ziemi.

Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice.

Bruno, a young Frenchman, is frustrated by his girlfriend's constant lack of punctuality. He decides to end their relationship the next time she is late again.

Kobiety, które podczas wojny w Kongo padły ofiarą przemocy seksualnej, szukają uzdrowienia w Mieście Radości — ośrodku, który pomaga im odnaleźć wewnętrzną siłę.

Rome 1943. The German Commandant of the city causes a turmoil in the Jewish community by offering them what seems to be an expensive way out of imprisonment and death.

Farmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr. Scratch, who gives Jabez seven years to enjoy the fruits of his sale before he collects. Over that time, Jabez pays off his debts and helps many neighboring farmers, then becomes an advocate for the upstanding Sen. Daniel Webster. When Jabez's contract with Mr. Scratch concludes, he desperately turns to Webster to represent him in a trial for his soul.

After marrying small-town doctor Charles Bovary, Emma becomes tired of her limited social status and begins to have affairs, first with the young Leon Dupuis and later with the wealthy Rodolphe Boulanger. Eventually, however, her self-involved behavior catches up with her.

Suddenly appearing in Florence, an evil seductress causes Cesare, the city's ruler, and his son to both fall madly in love with her. The son, killing his father before an order to torture the woman can be carried out, then turns the city's churches into dens of sexual debauchery. Acts of evil and corruption continue unabated until the arrival of Death, who brings with her a horrible plague which she is about to loose upon the city.

The story of a group of Sicilian miners and their families decide to illegally cross the border to France and their hardships.

Jacquot Demy is a little boy at the end of the thirties. His father owns a garage and his mother is a hairdresser. The whole family lives happily and likes to sing and to go to the movies. Jacquot is fascinated by every kind of show (theatre, cinema, puppets). He buys a camera to shoot his first amateur film... An evocation of French cineast Jacques Demy's childhood and vocation for the cinema and the musicals.

Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at his night club The Blue Shade. Danny refuses, but Fields won't take no for an answer.

In the first episode, a heartbroken woman talks to her ex-lover on the phone. In the second, a pregnant woman believes she is carrying the child of Saint Joseph.

Magali pogodziła się z samotnym życiem, a mimo to jej dwie przyjaciółki usiłują znaleźć kobiecie partnera, co prowadzi do wielu komplikacji.

Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their mission to protect France.

Miyano’s world of Boys’ Love manga turns to reality when chance leads him to Sasaki. Now, Sasaki wants to spend every opportunity with him.

Nominowana do Oskara Cate Blanchett gra kobietę, która mści się na szefie mafii odpowiedzialnym za śmierć jej męża. Gdy za tragiczny samosąd trafia do więzienia, odnajduje w nim miłość swego życia - swój kawałek raju na ziemi. Film na podstawie ostatniego scenariusza Krzysztofa Kieślowskiego i Krzysztofa Piesiewicza.

In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently.

Inmates at a prison in Rome rehearse for a performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

Antonio Barracano is a respected man among the Neapolitan underworld, keeping order and administering justice according to his own criteria, beyond the law. One day he's faced with a dilemma after a young man asks him permission to kill his father.