Veronika Mancino

Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful incident from his own youth; retired opera director Jerry discovers a mortician with an amazing voice, and he seizes the opportunity to rejuvenate his own flagging career; a young couple have separate romantic interludes; a spotlight shines on an ordinary man.

宗教象徴学者ラングドンは、教皇選挙を控えたバチカンから協力を要請される。かつて自分と険悪だったバチカンからの依頼に戸惑う教授だが、その内容は深刻なものだった。以前、バチカンの弾圧で解体された秘密結社イルミナティが復活し、テロを仕掛けたというのだ。有力枢機卿4人を誘拐した彼らは、1時間ごとにひとりを殺害すると宣言。さらに彼らは欧州原子核研究機構から恐るべき破壊力を持つ《反物質》を盗み出したと言う。

A couple of bourgeois intellectuals, Carlo and Silvia, have been married for twenty years. While she lives in their flat in Rome, he spends most of his time in the country house where he writes his books, openly living with his younger lover, Lù. In return, Carlo has long accepted that her wife may have lovers, but her volatile relationship with a young neo-fascist suddenly rekindles his jealousy.