Pina Borione

A comedy film composed of 14 episodes. It is a sequel to I mostri, made in 1963. 1. The Finch of Val Padouan (Ettore Scola) - 2. Tantum ergo (Dino Risi) - 3. Hitchhiking (Mario Monicelli) - 4. Kidnapping of a Beloved Person (Ettore Scola) - 5. First Aid (Mario Monicelli) - 6. Big Boy to His Little Mother (Dino Risi) - 7. Model Citizen (Ettore Scola) - 8. Pornodiva (Dino Risi) - 9. Like a Queen (Ettore Scola) - 10. Inn! (Ettore Scola) - 11. Without Words (Dino Risi) - 12. The Funeral Oration (Ettore Scola)

Stefano, a young restorer, is commissioned to save a controversial mural located in the church of a small, isolated village.

A fig tree growing in the estates of Baron Anteo Pellacani has been worshipped since the Middle Ages, after a Saint was supposedly martyred there. The Baron, who was crippled in a fig tree-related accident and has since become a raging atheist, vows to tear it down—until he mistakes a beautiful prostitute momentarily lying on the tree for the Saint herself, falling in love with her. Her pimp, his relatives and the clergy try to take advantage of his newfound faith.

In Italy in the 60's it is difficult to get a divorce. Carlo gets a visit from his Swedish wife, but he is already remarried. Every time he meets a new woman, he vanishes away from the last wife.

A modest theatrical company, soon to debut, organizes a superstitious spiritual session. During the evening the spirit of little Thomas is evoked.

A young journalist buys a used typewriter and notices some text still legible on the ribbon; he reconstructs the story of a scientist who discovered that some types of terrain have the power to revive the dead.

The story about a sinister magician-dwarf, physically unable to love a woman. His wife's betrayals and an obsessive isolation drive him to despair.