墨索里尼的新城镇Sabaudia充斥着颓废的气氛， 艾希欧(Elio Germano饰演) 和他的哥哥玛瑞科 (Riccardo Scamarcio饰演)生活在一起在残存的砖瓦建筑中。艾希欧是一个不合时宜的反叛分子，他不管他的父母和兄弟的反对加入了新法西斯主义MSI党。而玛瑞科是一个左翼人士。影片通过两兄弟的政见矛盾表现了当时小镇的社会背景，从而反映了当时的政治现状和社会现状。影片也再现了二十世纪六七十年代意大利的社会创伤和生活风情。
安娜是一个年轻美丽的女孩，却过着分裂的生活。白天的时候，她是办公室职员，晚上则去参加恐怖组织活动，为了创造理想的世界。然而，在恐怖组织谋划的一场绑架事件后，安娜却惊觉过去和现在的努力，所谓为理想付出的种种牺牲，都刹那间化为乌有，她和她的伙伴们都发现，不切实际的理想并未给他们的生活带来任何改变，安娜对自己的选择产生了从未有过的怀疑。
马里奥（阿莱西奥•博尼 Alessio Boni 饰）和尼古拉（卢伊吉洛•肖卡 Luigi Lo Cascio 饰）是亲密无间的两兄弟，但是酷爱诗歌的马里奥却在考试中因为与教授意见相左而不及格，相反尼古拉投其所好的表现赢得了医学教授的好评拿到了高分。他们几个朋友相约去毕 业旅行，但是马里奥却带来了另外一个不速之客——他从精神病院搭救出来受伤的女孩佐珍（杰丝敏•特丽卡 Jasmine Trinca 饰）。于是，兄弟俩决定陪她寻找亲人。在一片革命洪流之中，马里奥弃笔从戎，选择做警察，而尼古拉则漂泊异乡成为了精神科医生。佛罗伦萨的大水，让兄弟俩重逢，此时尼古拉已经和钢琴师朱莉安成为伉俪。而马里奥则对摄影师米雷拉一见钟情。他们的感情同样经受着社会动荡的考验…… 本片片长6个小时，通过讲述意大利一家人的悲欢离合，反映了意大利从1966年至2000年的社会巨变。
Giovanni Vivaldi is an average middle-aged man with a secure job as a government accountant. He wishes nothing more than to set up his only son Mario, his biggest pride in the world, with the same secure government job before he eventually retires. For this, Giovanni will stop at nothing...
La meglio Gioventù（最好的青春，2003）导演Marco Tullio Giordana再度聚焦意大利国家历史最为苦涩一页之作，讲述1969年12月12日在位于Fontana广场的米兰国家农业银行发生的17人死80人伤的惨剧。
朱丽安是姐姐，在女性杂志社工作，平常为妇女权益呐喊；妹妹玛丽安却是个激进的恐怖分子，在被捕后愤然上吊自杀。但这对姐妹在小时候的性格完全相反，一个叛逆，一个温顺，成年后两姐妹的路途却南辕北辙，朱丽安还对妹妹一直抱有成见，两姐妹关系对立冷漠，直到妹妹的去世，才引发姐姐对妹妹生活真相的追查。
1972, Milan. Just a few days before the general elections, a young girl from an esteemed family is raped and murdered. Bizanti, editor-in-chief of a conservative newspaper, tries to derail the official police investigation in order to help the right-wing candidates supported by his boss to win the elections.
On March 16, 1978, far-left terrorists of the Red Brigades kidnap Aldo Moro, leader of the Christian Democracy, the ruling party in Italy since the end of WWII. 55 days later, his body will be found in the trunk of a car. This is a neutral and factual account of what happened in between.
1989年柏林墙倒塌，东欧剧变。在南美雨林中参加“革命”的乔治欧，以杀害自己最好朋友的代价，换取了一本回到意大利的护照。回到意大利后，他受到一名检察官的威胁，要他把自己在南美的战友统统提供给警方，否则就要终身监禁。乔治欧一步一步地走向罪恶深渊。先是在一家夜总会干着贩毒追债的勾当，而后又与那名检察官一起清除了夜总会的老板。纠合了一群犯罪分子抢劫了运款车后，又将他们一一杀害。连那名检察官最后也死于他手。最后，与他订婚的妻子因为发现了他罪恶的一面，也难逃魔掌。他与竞选区议员的一名律师勾结，最终换取了法院不予追究前科的判决，成为一名所谓的“自由人”。
Much-censored documentary encompassing thirty years of Italian politics under the governance of the Christian Democracy (DC), entirely composed of — occasionally dubbed — archival footage.
June 27, 1980: a DC–9 flying over the Tyrrhenian Sea breaks up mid-air and crashes near the Italian island of Ustica, killing all 81 people on board. The official version blames the "structural failure" of the plane, but a young journalist smells a cover-up and starts fighting to break free the truth from the 'invisible wall' of lies built by politicians and air force higher-ups.
前线组织是20世纪70年代活跃在意大利的激进政治组织，在这个组织相信，国家有危险的右倾倾向，而他们为此意图筹备军事行动，并在迫不得已情况下使用暴力。塞吉奥是一名左翼分子，爱上了前线组织的一名女同志，随着时间的逝去，他对一直奋斗不已的信仰开始逐渐丧失热情……
Bologna, 1976. The paths of two aimless young friends intertwine with those of Radio Alice, a pirate radio politically aligned with the leftist student movement.
Bologna, 2002. Amidst protests against the labor reform, the assassination of a lawyer opens old wounds between Italy and France. Former far-left terrorist Marco, convicted of murder during the Years of Lead and living in Paris since then thanks to the Mitterrand Doctrine, is suspected of being its instigator. When the Italian government asks for extradition, Marco goes into hiding with his daughter Viola, precipitating also the life of his family back in Italy.
Who is the mysterious stranger Cecilia met on the street? Why is he suspicious of everyone? She is happily married, has a lovely child and a good job: yet she decides to join him and to become his lover, sharing his destiny right up to its tragic conclusion.
Italy, early 80's. A political terrorist is being transferred northward from Sicily for a conjugal visit; during the journey, a police captain tries to make him cooperate.
The film is the result of a planned trilogy about the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro by the Red Brigades first announced by director Grimaldi in 2003: shot in the UK on a low budget, the project was never completed because of lack of funding and other issues, and the existing footage from the first two planned installments was condensed into a single movie and released on DVD in 2009.
Waiting for the train that will take him away, a man goes back over moments of his small-town upbringing: the relationship with his family, his involvement in the protests of 1968 and a childhood friend died too soon.
Young radical Riccardo returns home after hiding in South America for five years, only to find out that his comrades either gave up their ideals or turned to drugs, while all they fought for seems to have set the stage for near-anarchy.
It's moving day for the Via Marsili 19th apartment in Bologna, Italy, a former hotbed of the Movement of 1977. While waiting for the movers to finish their job, cultural agitator Franco Bifo Berardi leads us through a decade-long trip down memory lane.