The story of Mario Cioni and his strange relationship with his mother.

Three siblings return to their native southern Italy to pay homage to their late mother. However, their various professions, a judge in Rome, a spiritual counselor in Naples, a factory worker in Turin, have a profound effect on their response to this reunion.

"While groundbreaking director Mario Bava (Black Sunday, Black Sabbath) remains the most well-known purveyor of Italian Gothic horror, many other filmmakers tried their hand at the form throughout the 1960s as part of a hugely prolific and popular cycle. Gothic Fantastico presents four off-the-beaten path titles from this classic period, all of which demonstrate Italy's ability to expand genre beyond the classic literary monsters that dominated elsewhere....

A portrait of Benedetta Barzini, a fashion model and radical feminist, who at the age of seventy-five decided to disappear from the public eye.

Follows a strong and optimistic mother raising her two children against all odds. Throughout grief and pain she teaches her family to remain open and loving and to cherish the little joys in life.

Tommaso Conci, a four year old child, disappears during a festival where people disguised as devils, terrorize the village with whips and chains. Five years later, a child was found nameless and without documents. DNA matches, he is Tommi. Manuel, the father, can finally embrace his son. The mother, Linda, however, can not adapt to the new situation.

Padre Padrone: Gavino is six when his father hauls him out of school to keep watch over sheep on a barren countryside, huddled in a makeshift hut night and day. The child is constantly abused by his father who treats him as his own father treated him. When the illiterate Gavino is commanded by his father to join the army, he learns a trade and a new concept of life, discovering the outside world and his own identity within it. Night of the shooting...