Spanning nearly four decades, from 1966 to 2003, this generational epic follows the different life paths of two Italian brothers from a middle-class family through some of the most significant events of recent Italian history.

The true story of Peppino Impastato, a young activist who openly opposed the Mafia in the small town of Cinisi, Sicily, despite living just "one hundred steps" away from Mafia boss Tano Badalamenti.

The story of two renowned actors of Fascist cinema, Luisa Ferida and Osvaldo Valenti, who were supporters of the regime until the very end. Accused of collaborationism and torture, they were summarily executed by Partisans during the Liberation.

1975: poet, intellectual, and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini is bludgeoned to death and run over with his own car in the outskirts of Rome. Charged with murder, 17-year-old hustler Pino Pelosi pleads self-defense -- after all, Pasolini was a well-known pederast. However, many inconsistencies start to undermine his version of events, poi...

Four lighthearted stories set in the idyllic Italian countryside: an old grouch finds himself followed by a stray dog; a lonely widow spies on her newly-wed son and daughter-in-law; a German tourist tries to seduce a younger nurse; a man wanders in the summer. The fourth segment was cut by Miramax for the US distribution.