Desiderio

Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.

Six vignettes explore love and desire in Rome, from prostitution and heartache to unwed motherhood and the male gaze.

While waiting for the brain surgery of his daughter Angela, victim of a motorcycle accident, the surgeon Timoteo recalls his torrid affair with and passion for Italia, a simple woman from slums in the periphery of the big city where he lives. The ghost of the beloved and sexual object of desire Italia chases him in his memories.

A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.

A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.