A shepherd from the mountains of a remote Asian region travels to Southern Italy, in love with what he saw on Italian television. There, he accidentally ends up in a holiday resort, where he's treated like a guest for a whole day, thus cementing his assumption that all the opulence and kindness he saw on TV were true.

A group of policemen and policewomen from different municipalities are in Rome to take a course that will take them on a study trip to London.

Bari, the last chills of a very cold winter. A gang of petty criminals rummages through the day and night of the suburbs, searching for a precious package sent from the Balkans and destined never to reach its final destination. What does the package contain? Important material for our characters; for the viewer, a passe-partout that opens the door to a jagged and surprising urban undergrowth.

Carmelo and Maria have a baby girl. He wants a boy but another pregnancy would risk Maria's health. Eventually, Carmelo leaves Maria and she attempts to win him back.

A journalist seeking a career-changing scoop pretends to be a fan of Nino D'Angelo to discredit him with a newspaper article.

A family of farmers wage war against a group of unscrupulous, corrupt speculators who are trying to get their hands on their land.