Faithful adaptation of a story by Tomasi di Lampedusa on the encounter between a man and a mermaid, for the television series Ten Italian directors, ten Italian short stories , in which Gianni Amelio, Luigi Comencini, Carlo Lizzani participated among others.

The Turin area is devastated by floods: the Pô River has overflown and toxic waste from a local dump is now being carried by the stream. Which is why Augusto Vigano, the co-owner of a pub and a dedicated environmentalist, blocks, in the company of a group of friends, the train on which minister Antonelli is traveling. The politician, agrees to listen to the protesters'complaints and , filmed by television cameras, follows Vigano all the way to the dump. It is on this occasion that Vigano is noticed by a politician who sees at once the interest he can derive in having him elected. Augusto, who thinks that being elected to parliament is the best way to protect the environment more effectively, accepts his offer, without realizing that the cynical politician intends to manipulate him.

Italian psychological thriller about a man who has s tense relationship with his family who likes to torture people in his home. Experimental. Dark lighting.

Two spouses, whose marriage is shipwrecked, recall during a last meeting, scenes and episodes of their life as a couple.

Five Disturbing Stories offers us as many adaptations from the stories of the American writer Stanely Ellin. Set in Italy between Genoa, Turin and Milan, they illustrate the darkest part of our existence while the detective story derails towards a daily horror

On the night of Lucia's kidnapping, the Unnamed revisits his life. Many years earlier a caravan of Andalusian gypsies arrived at the gates of Milan. Among these were Esteban with his mother, his fiancée Maria Dolores, and the latter's sister, Carmencita who, in love with Esteban, resorts to every means to hinder the wedding. In a scuffle she caused, her sister was killed by thugs. The gypsies' wagons are destroyed and the few survivors, including Esteban and his mother, are forced to flee. Carmencita becomes the governor's wife and Esteban a bandit who steals Spanish wheat and gold to give to the people. On Carmencita's whim, Esteban's mother, arrested and accused of witchcraft, dies. Esteban continues his life as a bandit and becomes the terrible Unnamed, who will finally reach his conversion thanks to Lucia and Cardinal Federico.