Episode list

La Storia

Episode #1.1

Sun, Jan 07, 2024
Rome, 1940. The single mother Ida Ramundo is Jewish, but keeps it hidden for fear of being deported. In January 1941, her life is turned upside down. A German soldier rapes her. Ida is tormented and ashamed. She discovers that she is pregnant and one day gives birth to an infant with beautiful blue eyes.
7.3 /10
Episode #1.2

Sun, Jan 07, 2024
Ida's son Nino asks no questions and instantly falls in love with his little brother. But despite that, Nino leaves his family. He is a convinced fascist and joins the army as a volunteer. Ida is alone with her little son, who is nicknamed Useppe. But soon the war turns everyone's lives upside down.
7.1 /10
Episode #1.3

Sun, Jan 14, 2024
Ida has lost everything and must flee. During the escape, she meets the craftsman and communist Cucchiarelli. For Useppe, the escape is an adventure and he loves Cucchiarelli. Nino reappears. Now he has become a freedom fighter, and he persuades Cucchiarelli to join the armed struggle.
7.3 /10
Episode #1.4

Sun, Jan 14, 2024
Nino picks up Useppe and takes him to the freedom fighters' base. Here the little boy witnesses a harsh battle between the partisans and the German invasion force. At the same time, the situation in Pietralata has become dangerous. The Germans behave increasingly aggressively against the Italians, whom they consider traitors.
6.8 /10
Episode #1.5

Sun, Jan 21, 2024
Ida and Useppe find a room to rent in the district of Testaccio. Rome is starving under Nazi occupation. Ida moves through the city with the sole purpose of finding food for Useppe. "We are free!", the whole town suddenly shouts in the middle of the night. The Germans have run away.
7.4 /10
Episode #1.6

Sun, Jan 21, 2024
Nino returns. He runs a smuggling operation between Naples and Rome. Ida starts teaching again. She hopes to get her life with her two children back again. For a while, Nino also moves in together with Ida and Useppe.
6.8 /10
Episode #1.7

Mon, Jan 22, 2024
Useppe has epilepsy. Ida often has to take him to the doctor. At the same time, he has become rebellious and rebels against the kindergarten's rules. However, this is not Ida's biggest problem, because she is soon struck by a tragedy.
6.9 /10
Episode #1.8

Mon, Jan 22, 2024
Useppe tries to escape after the tragedy. Together with Bella, he makes it all the way down to the river. He becomes friends with the 12-year-old Scimò, who has escaped from the educational institution. The war is over, but everything has turned into ruins - including emotional ruins.
7.2 /10

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Message of Hope

Message of Hope

Six children--three girls, three boys--living in a well-off community grow up with the benefits and luxuries that come with their birthright. They attend a Christian school where faithful Pastor Anne teaches them Biblical studies. But except for one girl, Sarah's, compassionate efforts, many of the poor in the surrounding suburbs are left forgotten and ignored by the materialistic and wealthy yet uncaring adults, especially Sarah's father James, who is hardened by the world around him. Although the children attend a Christian school, Sarah's views are widely uncommon among her friends, except for John, who pays close attention to her every move. The two form a spiritual bond, one they hope to maintain forever as someday Heaven awaits. When they are 18-year-old high-school seniors, Sarah feels rejected by the world around her, with the exception of John and Mr. Henshaw, a homeless man she befriends. But after Mr. Henshaw's untimely passing, tragedy suddenly hits when another of the boys, Michael, shatters the world around them by committing suicide. Sarah cries out for love and attention, but one senseless act drives her to the brink of destruction. As she recovers, she spends summer away from her friends. The neighboring community of friends and adults gather and desperately try to make sense of what drove Michael to suicide and Sarah to near destruction. Sarah's close friends begin to realize that money and material things are not so important, but the love and compassion that Sarah shows is what they truly desire and is strong enough to change the world for the better. When John receives a visit from an "Angel of GOD" he writes a story of hope and compassion, "A Message of Hope," to honor his dear friends, Michael and Sarah. As the children's parents begin to wonder what is right and what is wrong, a sense of fortunate birthright might not be what they all thought it once was. But the children quickly realize that there are no victims; we all have the power of choice: to choose Life and Love. The school year comes to a close and the summer eventually draws to an end, but not before the return of an old friend. Love is rekindled between John and Sarah, a love that unites them on Earth as young adults as they wait for the glory of Heaven.

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