A couple in the process of divorcing fights for the custody of their three children: neither of them wants it. Mom wants to leave them to dad, and vice versa.

Sara and Nicola are expecting their second child. Through the late Mattia Torre's sharp focus, all the joys and troubles of parenthood in modern-day Italy are brilliantly, wittily delineated.

Best friends Lucia and Maria have known each other from the beginning of their lives, but have very different tastes and behaviors. Lucia is done with men; Maria can never…