The charismatic Snaporaz encounters an alluring woman on a train and pursues her through a forest. He ends up at a hotel populated by women gathered for a feminist conference, where he is an unwanted presence. Snaporaz soon discovers he’s entered a phantasmagoric world where women have taken power.

Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.

Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act, imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, on a TV variety show.

Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick his wife into having an affair so he can catch her and murder her, as he knows he would be given a light sentence for killing an adulterous woman. He persuades a painter to lure his wife into an affair, but Rosalia proves to be more faithful than he expected.

A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.

Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.

Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.

A tremendous congestion hits the Rome highway ring. The biggest traffic jam ever seen lasts more than 36 hours. At the beginning the people blocked in their cars react normally. But as more time passes, the more we witness personal dramas, hysteric reactions and other grotesque situations. All the episodes are linked as if in a single plot. Cars and their hosts are a microcosm of stories part of a larger universe: the congestion.

Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined.

1，费拿拉小镇，工程师斯瓦诺（Kim Rossi Stuart 饰）邂逅了女教师卡门（Inés Sastre 饰），他们一见钟情，卡门却拒绝了斯瓦诺的吻。当他们三年后再次相遇时，斯瓦诺则在肉欲面前止步；
2，海滨小城，某导演（John Malkovich 饰）信步游荡时遇到了美丽的女子（Sophie Marceau 苏菲•玛索 饰）。她向导演坦白曾亲手杀害自己的父亲。他们并未因此疏远，反而缱绻缠绵；
3，巴黎，妻子离开不忠的丈夫，寻找租房时遇到了失去妻子的卡罗（Jean Reno 让•雷诺 饰），他们似乎找到了共通的心绪；
4，英俊的男孩爱上了一个姑娘（Irène Jacob 饰），他尾随、表白，却得知她将要把自己献给上帝。
本片荣获1996年意大利电影新闻记者协会银丝带奖最佳编曲、1995年威尼斯电影节费比西奖。

A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship in Milan.