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A naive middle-aged gardener, a foundling who has never been beyond the boundary-wall of his patron’s house, is thrown out into the world when the old man dies. His many years spent
either gardening or watching television help him towards a fortuitous social and political elevation.

An enquiring young woman changes lovers, from writer to stockbroker. But an underlying lack of engagement is emphasised by the brutalist architecture of the setting in a Fascist Roman suburb, itself a major element of the film.

A young woman kills an assailant and is then blackmailed by a witness, but Scotland Yard’s investigation is soon compromised.

In the early 20th century, a working-class Swedish woman develops a talent for photography after winning a plate-camera in a lottery. She finds it difficult to balance this creative outlet with the demands of a large family and a brutal husband.