A man from Milan, Carmelo, is forced to take his young son Malcolm, on a trip down South so his mother, who usually takes care for the boy, can go on vacation with her Moroccan boyfriend. Carmelo, who obviously is not too often at home, has no clue about how to deal with young children, even the most basic chores a father should know to tend the restless imp thrown in his care. The crowded train traveling from Milan to Reggio, Calabria, is packed in the second class section where Carmelo and Malcom have a hard time getting a seat. When they finally do, young Malcolm decides to disappear from his compartment. He goes to the first class car, where eventually Carmelo decides to sit and pay the extra supplement. He is lucky to find more space, and the companionship of Beatrice, a woman that is bringing the skeleton of a rare animal. Carmelo finds a way to interest the lady. Their ride is certainly bumpy, complicated when he decides to leave the mischievous Malcolm at an intermediate stop.

Asso, THE best poker-player in town, was killed in his wedding night, because he won too much against a bad loser. In the 'final' game in heaven the clerk on duty also lost, so Asso can come back to this world as a ghost to search for a good man for his wife (widow). Who is good enough for the wife of Asso ?

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself “already dead.”

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself “already dead.”

杰玛（瓦莱莉·高利诺 Valeria Golino 饰）的父亲去世了，整个家庭的重担落到了母亲的肩上。为了维系家中经营的糖果店的运转，母亲不得不接受了布料商克鲁贝尔（Krzysztof Janczar 饰）的资助，并承诺会将杰玛许配给他为妻，殊不知克鲁贝尔是一个唯利是图卑鄙贪婪的小人。 　　个性强烈桀骜不驯的杰玛自然不会甘心成为这样一个小人的妻子，与此同时，她在一场意外中邂逅了温文尔雅风度翩翩的俄国青年萨宁（蒂莫西·赫顿 Timothy Hutton 饰），相互吸引的两人坠入了情网。杰玛不顾一切的选择了和萨宁走到一起，然而此时萨宁却暴露出了软弱而又没有担当的一面。萨宁结识了名为玛利亚（娜塔莎·金斯基 Nastassja Kinski 饰）的妇人，经不住后者的诱惑，萨宁背叛了杰玛。

杰玛（瓦莱莉·高利诺 Valeria Golino 饰）的父亲去世了，整个家庭的重担落到了母亲的肩上。为了维系家中经营的糖果店的运转，母亲不得不接受了布料商克鲁贝尔（Krzysztof Janczar 饰）的资助，并承诺会将杰玛许配给他为妻，殊不知克鲁贝尔是一个唯利是图卑鄙贪婪的小人。 　　个性强烈桀骜不驯的杰玛自然不会甘心成为这样一个小人的妻子，与此同时，她在一场意外中邂逅了温文尔雅风度翩翩的俄国青年萨宁（蒂莫西·赫顿 Timothy Hutton 饰），相互吸引的两人坠入了情网。杰玛不顾一切的选择了和萨宁走到一起，然而此时萨宁却暴露出了软弱而又没有担当的一面。萨宁结识了名为玛利亚（娜塔莎·金斯基 Nastassja Kinski 饰）的妇人，经不住后者的诱惑，萨宁背叛了杰玛。

早些时候，云南的泸沽湖边，有一个与世隔绝的摩梭部落，他们有着男不娶、女不嫁，情人之间夜合晨离（即“合法一夜情”），其子女靠母亲和舅舅抚养，而子女不知道父亲是谁的氏族婚姻形式。晚些时候，这个部落被外界称为：人类仅存的母系氏族部落。 　　近20年来，由于外来文化的进入，特别是发展经济的影响，这个沿袭久远的习俗，开始分崩离析。政治高压未曾动摇的传统，而在经济的渗入下，开始走向大同。

早些时候，云南的泸沽湖边，有一个与世隔绝的摩梭部落，他们有着男不娶、女不嫁，情人之间夜合晨离（即“合法一夜情”），其子女靠母亲和舅舅抚养，而子女不知道父亲是谁的氏族婚姻形式。晚些时候，这个部落被外界称为：人类仅存的母系氏族部落。 　　近20年来，由于外来文化的进入，特别是发展经济的影响，这个沿袭久远的习俗，开始分崩离析。政治高压未曾动摇的传统，而在经济的渗入下，开始走向大同。

In the 18th century, as the army of Prince De Beaulieu lays siege on the fortress of Marechal D'Allenberg, a young princess sends a soldier out of the fortress to go find her lover.