Development of Italian cinema after the Second World War, from the masterpieces of Neorealismo to the self-consciousness of the years of prosperity and decadence . Viewing of films and readings on film theory and criticism. Examination of cultural, political, psychological influence on the work of the director as author and reading on major film theories concerning the evolution of the language of cinema, cinema and counter cinema, "reality" versus surrealism, the image of woman in traditional cinema and screen as subconscious mirror. Films by Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti , Liliana Cavani, Lina Wertmuller, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Matteo Garrone, Paolo Sorrentino.