Umberto Manente

The plan of a rich criminal to avoid a trial by expatriating involves many characters.

One dead father. Two mothers. Two brothers who didn't know they were brothers. One inheritance.

売れっ子デザイナーのパトリシアは16歳の異母弟エミリアの面倒を見るため故郷に戻る。乳母に甘やかされて育った弟は、病弱を理由にして学校にも行かず、外界に全く興味を示さない少年だった。姉はそんな弟を鍛え直そうとするが、彼はことごとく反撥する。だが、弟が自分の姿に“女”を感じ始めていると察知した姉は、毎夜、自分の“性体験”を語り熟れた肢体で実演してみせることになる。この妖しくも危険なゲームは次第にエスカレートしていく。

In Naples, Professor Bellavista is a retired man, passionate about the philosophy and thought of Ancient Greece. Every day, in his luxurious apartment, he teaches his lessons of life to the poor-nothing (his friends), who are dazzled by his reasoning. One day, however, the quiet life of the building of Bellavista will be disturbed by the arrival of a director of Milan. Between Naples and Milan there contrast, because the Neapolitans are accustomed to enjoy a quiet life, always based on the "philosophy of pleasure and delay", while the northern Italians are very strict and punctual.