Diego De Silva

Diego De Silva's book

5.5/10

Vanni and Linda live in a penthouse apartment for rent in the center of Rome. Vanni writes novels, Linda 'cooperates' to his novels. Between a vernissage and an exhibition of Basquiat, thay hang out Alfredo and Constanza, a couple on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Alfredo is a surgeon with the habit of waking up early and has a lover, Constanza is a dermatologist with the same habits. With the intent to vent their frustrations in their friends' living room, Alfredo and Constanza take hostage the couple and recriminate loudly about the past and the present. In an impossible attempt to contain them, Vanni and Linda eventually take the field and also thrash each other. Someone will end up getting hurt by the end of the night.

6.3/10

Marino Pacileo has a soft spot for gambling. When he discovers that Lila's father, the young Chinese girl that he is in love with cannot pay a debt, the gambler steals money from the jail he is in to help the love of his life.

6.4/10

Mario Zonin arrives in Naples to join the barracks where his grandfather served, a brave policeman who died years before. His road is interwoven with that of another boy: Marco Portosalvo, involved in a robbery where a policeman died, now hiding at the home of his neighbor, Teresa.

Olga's life is shattered when her husband abandons her. This prompts her to fall into a period of self-degradation and self-destructive behaviors.

5.9/10

Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.

7.5/10