火车司机安得利亚出于自已的性格问题，和他的家人闹翻而使家人弃他而去。同时由于他在事业上的失意和与同事之间的误解使得他非常失意，于是他到处流浪，过着靡烂的生活。后来妻子儿女都回到家里，还有他的同事也都原谅了他并与他一同过了一个热闹的圣诞节。当同事们走后，他走进房里，弹起了吉他，脸上露出幸福的表情。但因为以前的生活对他的身体产生了严重的影响，最后他安详的死去了。编剧兼主演的皮特洛杰米透过儿童纯稚的心灵，描述了家庭的悲欢离合及两代之间亲情的流露，是一部极有深度而且富于情感的文艺伦理巨片，主题曲也很受欢迎。

1885 年，一位富有的族长去世，引发了一场家族间的权力斗争。 他的儿子费迪南多买断了他的其他亲戚，以便完全控制死者的财产。 但费迪南多的侄子亚美利哥坚持了下来。 当亚美利哥前往佛罗伦萨并遇到妓女比安卡时，他的立场被削弱了。

Un maledetto imbroglio also known as The Facts of Murder is a 1959 Italian crime film mystery directed by and starring Pietro Germi with Claudia Cardinale. The film is based on the novel Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana, by Carlo Emilio Gadda. The film was restored and re-released in 1999 both in Italy and the USA.
A disguised bandit steals valuable jewellery from Commendatore Anzaloni's apartment and flees, leaving Anzaloni unharmed. Inspector Ingravallo investigates and finds that the robbery is suspicious in that the robber was able to find valuables too quickly. A neighbour, Liliana Banducci, employs a servant girl, Assuntina. Her fiancé, Diomede, tries to escape when he sees police tailing Assuntina. But Diomede has an alibi. Liliana's cousin, Dr. Valdarena, pays her a visit, only to find her corpse on the floor. But before calling police, Valdarena removes an envelope addressed to him from the sideboard. Liliana's husband Remo was away from Rome at the time of the murder, but he is very surprised to hear that Liliana had changed her will only one week earlier.

Andrea Zaccardi has returned home from hunting. He and his wife Luisa are very close. Their young son Giulio develops a cough. The doctor recommends the seaside. Luisa leaves with Giulio for several weeks. Andrea stays to work at the metal shop.