本片讲述了意大利黑手党格莫拉的5个故事:13岁男童托托(萨尔瓦多?阿布鲁兹Salvatore Abruzzese 饰)近墨者黑,逐渐堕落;马可(马可?马克尔 Marco Macor 饰)和希罗(希罗?帕冲Ciro Petrone 饰)一心想称霸,结果横尸街头;因为丈夫涉黑,妻子玛利亚(玛利亚?纳棕娜丽 Maria Nazionale 饰)锒铛入狱,她把孩子托付给帮派同伙弗兰克(托尼?瑟维洛 Toni Servillo 饰);黑帮老会计唐?希洛(吉安法利斯?因巴拉多Gianfelice Imparato 饰),因出卖朋友,命丧黄泉;黑帮纺织厂的裁缝帕里跨斯(萨尔瓦多?坎德鲁普Salvatore Cantalupo 饰)因给华人上课而引火烧身……
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Nikolaï was abandoned at birth and has been in foster care ever since. Although a family would like to give the sixteen-year-old boy a home, he decides to make one himself. He meets Camille, an intriguing fifteen-year-old wiseacre, and tries to convince her to make a child together. Nikolaï is convinced that he can handle any problem and wants to avoid at all costs that an adult thwarts his plans. Camille and Nikolaï flee together from the home and isolate themselves in the woods. In the heart of this gloomy, mysterious forest, Nikolaï will have to face his first feelings and learn to become a man. Soon, he feels that there are many things he cannot control.
It tells the story of Jem who can only think of her handsome youth pastor. When they start an affair, her chaste life is thrown into turmoil, jeopardizing her place in her family and the only world she's ever known.