Raffaele an off-campus university student, with a strong love for science and for his fiancée Alice. Raffaele is a hard worker, in order to pay the university he does two jobs: he is a bellhop at a flower shop and a clerk in a clothing store, all without the two employers being aware of the other respective job.
Basada en la novela homónima de Federico De Roberto. A mediados del siglo XIX, últimos años de la dominación borbónica en Sicilia, en vísperas del nacimiento del Estado italiano. El funeral de la princesa Teresa es la ocasión para presentar a la familia Uzeda, descendientes de los virreyes de España. A través de la mirada de un niño, Consalvo, último heredero de los Uzeda, se desvelan los misterios, las intrigas, las complejas personalidades de los miembros de la familia, dominados por grandes pasiones y obsesiones.
A relationship develops between seasoned actor Stefano and his young, ambitious co-star Laura when they are cast as the two leads in a film. Stefano must deal with his growing jealousy when Laura's career begins to take off.
