Elementary school teacher Michele Cortese is about to start a whole new life. After 40 years of teaching in the metropolitan Roman jungle, he had to move to a village in Central Italy, to teach in a tiny school with just a few children aged 7-10. Struggling to overcome his urban inadequacy, he finds a friendly face in vice-principal Agnese and gradually manages to fit in, thanks to her and their spirited pupils. As everything seems to be falling into place, unwelcome news comes through: the school has failed to meet its student quota for the next year and will soon be shut for good.

2010 film by Gabriele Salvatores

Arturo is a lonely, gluttonous, and disillusioned Sicilian real estate agent. His mundane life finally finds its spark through his one true passion: Sicilian pastries. It’s over a tray of cannoli that he meets his soulmate, Flora. She is everything he ever dreamed of—beautiful, witty, and brilliant. To top it off, she’s a pastry chef. However, a divine obstacle stands between them: God. While Flora is a devout, fervent Catholic, Arturo abandoned his faith as a child. Desperate not to lose the woman of his dreams, he decides to "fake it 'til he makes it," pretending to be a man of deep conviction. Guiding Arturo on this chaotic journey toward truth, faith, and Flora’s heart is an unlikely mentor and friend: Pope Francis himself.

2023 film directed by Zavvo Nicolosi

An elderly shepherd takes on big business when he becomes the only holdout against property developers building a luxury resort in his tiny Sardinian village.

失败的戏剧演员安东尼奥靠配音维持生计，一次机遇，他被任命去监狱开办戏剧课，他的戏剧魂再次点燃。意大利喜剧导演瑞卡多·米拉尼自编自导的新片，翻拍自法国喜剧《一出大戏》，根据瑞典戏剧大师扬·琼森近40年前的真实经历改编。以浓浓的意大利喜剧风格裹挟着这出悲喜交加的“失败者们”的故事，通过让他们排演名剧《等待戈多》，展现主角与5名个性鲜明囚犯间的笑料互动，更显激情四溢，以此向世人喊出：虽身陷囹圄，也可以用艺术解放自己。曾两次获封威尼斯影帝的喜剧明星安东尼奥·阿尔巴内斯大胆献“声”，精准拿捏喜剧与正剧间的表演。

It's 1943 and World War II is raging in Europe. In New York, Arturo and Flora the daughter of a restaurant owner are in love, but she is promised in marriage to the son of a Mafia boss. There is a way around this, but to be able to marry Flora, Arturo needs to get permission from her father, who lives in a village in Sicily. Arturo doesn't have any money, so the only way he can get to Sicily is to enlist in the U.S. Army, which is preparing for a landing on the island.

2013 film directed by Pif