Who has a better grasp of the secrets of the heart, the scientist or the artist? Who was better at delving into the human brain and exploring the deepest underlying reasons for people falling in love, Shakespeare or Freud? Failing to come up with a satisfactory answer to these questions, we have sought help from both sides of the divide, calling on movie directors with a reputation for sensitivity in probing the neurons that make or break love bonds and on psychoanalysts famous for their expertise in the sphere of love and intimacy. Following on from the success of the two previous editions, Cinemind this year offers yet another opportunity for us to look at ourselves in the mirror and explore the nature of our feelings, by mingling the screening of films focusing on love and the sphere of our affections with a debate between directors and psychoanalysts who will be taking their cue from the issues raised in each film. The retrospective probes the theme of love, and its pros and cons, in a series of crucial stages such as falling in love, passion and married life with its betrayals and its violence, focusing in particular on the family and social context in which relationships are either solidly anchored or miserably collapse. The encounters are introduced by Fabio Castriota, who is a member of the Rome Psychoanalitical Centre.