Malena és la bellesa més encantadora i irresistible de Castelcuto, un avorrit poble de la assolellada costa siciliana. És nova a la població i estant el seu marit a la guerra, cada passeig que fa pel poble es converteix en un espectacle, acompanyat per les luxurioses mirades dels homes de la localitat i de les ressentides xafarderies de les seves envejoses esposes. Un exèrcit de dèbils adolescents amb bicicleta la segueix allà on vagi, amb l'única intenció d'observar la seva bellesa exquisida i arquetípica. Entre ells hi ha Renato Amoroso, un noi de tretze anys amb molta imaginació que porta el desig a uns límits inesperats d'obsessiva fantasia.

For years, Andrei Evilenko eluded the obsessive Detective Lesiev and the psychiatric profiler Aron Richter. Spurred on by his rabid fury at the gradual crumbling of his precious Soviet Union, Evilenko is a man who will live, die and kill as a communist.

The idealistic lifestyle of an old West farmer, his Indian wife, and half-breed son is interrupted when the boy's old gunslinger father returns. They are not happy with his return despite the old gunslinger's intention to retire. Things take a turn for the worse when another gunslinger arrives in town, trying to force a battle with the father.

Three deadbeat friends see their motorhome holiday trip hijacked by Viola, a beautiful girl on the run from the police after a robbery.

Matteo is a Roman barber whose business is full of debts. He decides to escape from this depressing reality by accepting his sister's invitation to Brazil.

A woman, raised in the most-strict New England atmosphere, marries a stern, God-fearing sea captain and is thrown suddenly into the romantic, colorful and licentious atmosphere of a South Sea island outpost. With her inhibitions and repressed desires what will be her reaction to the charms of the sensuous of the beautiful tropic nights and the call of love?