Pittore straniero
Cecilia is a commoner who runs an inn, where the specialty is the "spaghetti alla carbonara". Moreover, the woman is tied to the movement of young patriots, named "Carbonari", who want a united Italy, and are struggling against the power of the pope. Cecilia believes she lost her husband in a fatal accident, and has made a new lover: Fabrizio, who is also a patriot. One day the guy's saved by a monk, when he is about to be imprisoned by the soldiers of Cardinal Rivarola. The monk is the husband of Cecilia, not dead in the accident, and now he helps her to fight against the power of Rome with the Carbonari.
Sentinella Pesaro
El compositor italiano Gioacchino Rossini, viejo e hipocondríaco, recuerda en en su casa de Passy, próxima a París, sus tiempos de juventud, desde que empezó como tamborilero en una banda hasta su consagración como compositor en los teatros más prestigiosos de Europa, así como aquellos amores que marcaron su vida.
