The Via Margutta is a narrow cobbled thoroughfare that wends its way through
the heart of Rome. It is a neighbourhood that is very popular with
artists, many coping with hardship as they go in search of that elusive success.
It is here that we meet several very different women. One refuses to
grow up and insists on remaining the eternal child. An older woman
allows herself to be lured into bad marriage by a good-for-nothing sort.
A third woman chooses to sacrifice herself to a man who is odious beyond
belief. And the fourth does all that she can to save her distraught
husband from killing himself...
Science-fiction came into its own in B-movies of the 1950s, but it remains a respected and popular genre, bursting into the mainstream in the late 1970s.
From its birth in 1895, cinema has been an essential part of French culture. Now it is one of the most dynamic, versatile and important of the arts in France.