San Valentino Stories

A practicing Catholic falls in love with a devout Buddhist. A minor attends a pastry-making course in prison and discovers that love can be found behind bars. Two long-time friends celebrate an unusual Valentine's Day, thinking about the girlfriends who have just left them and a daughter arriving from Africa who one day rings their doorbell.

Cast

Luigi Esposito

as Gigi (segment "Carichi di meraviglia")

Rosario Morra

as Ross (segment "Carichi di meraviglia")

Pasquale Palma

as Pasquale (segment "Per amor di Dio")

Denise Capezza

as Chiara (segment "Per amor di Dio")

Giovanni Buselli

as Antonio (segment "L'isola di cioccolato")

Massimiliano Rossi

as Achille Fontana (segment "L'isola di cioccolato")

Noemi Sales

as Anastasia (segment "L'isola di cioccolato")

Elena Sotgiu

as Aregash (segment "Carichi di meraviglia")

Alessandro Bolide

as Mautone (segment "Carichi di meraviglia")

Rosaria De Cicco

as Dott.ssa Nicodemo (segment "Carichi di meraviglia")

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