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介绍：主妇伊夫林•莱恩（朱丽安•摩尔 饰）共有十个孩子，虽然丈夫收入不多，但生活不成问题当时美国盛行广告词设计有奖竞赛，结婚前在出版社工作的伊夫林有此优势，便常常得到很多日用用品及电器，家中的孩子都十分尊敬这位出色的母亲，她也常常与孩子们一起快乐的想参赛的字句。　　而她的丈夫面对出色的妻子，心中总是有种自卑的感觉，夫妻俩开始有争吵。她的丈夫有酗酒的习惯，她与孩子们都知道，如果不是丈夫把钱都用在买酒上，他们的生活不会那么拮据。伊夫林每天都心里总是想着自己的丈夫与孩子们，她包容丈夫的陋习。　　可是这时候，丈夫竟然把他们的房子做了第二期的按揭，一个月后如果无法偿还债务，孩子们便要寄养到亲友的家里。一家人都彷徨伤心及了，并寄望伊夫林能在参加的最近一次比赛中能脱颖而出……

介绍：Maurizio is a stubborn boy who grows up near the fiumara, where people throw away whatever they no longer need. This open-air dump becomes his playground, where among wrecked cars and other treasures large and small, he begins to dream of playing in the town band. Mamma Rosa looks on his musical aspirations as a childish whim, a luxury that the family cannot afford. And so, between the good advice by Mosè the donkey and the pranks by chicken N’Giulina, Maurizio is faced with a growing series of adventures and comes to the realization that, if his dream is to come true, he must be determined to see it through right to the end.