Augusto
알리딘이라는 필명으로 쓴 소설의 성공으로 촉망받는 신인작가인 피에르는 어머니 마리와 노르망디의 성에서 살며 새벽에는 오토바이를 타고 연인인 루시의 집으로 가서 사랑을 나누고 온다. 그러던 어느날 피에르는 자신이 그의 이복 남매라는 이자벨이라는 여인을 만난다. 충격을 받은 피에르는 이자벨과 함께 파리로 떠난다. 파리에서 근근히 살아가는 피에르에게 어머니의 사망 소식과 동시에 유산을 상속받게 되지만 피에르는 유산을 거절하고, 이런 피에르에게 루시는 그와 같이 살기를 요구한다. 이자벨에게는 루시가 자신의 사촌이라 속이고 세 사람은 함께 산다. 피에르는 과거의 자신을 돌아보며 인생이 얼마나 거짓과 허구로 가득차 있었는지 깨닫게 되는데...
Fernando Pessoa
What is the nature of life? What is the nature of art? How can art influence our lives? These are the questions of this movie. The main character, a man who lives both in the world of dreams and reality, searches his past, in order to understand its meaning. He has meetings with the ghosts of his dead friend, his dead lover, his dead father and Pessoa, the great portuguese writer. These four encounters give him clues about what he is looking for. Beside that, he finds himself in front of art, discovering how it modifies our comprehension of life. It's based in one of Tabucci's (the italian writer)books: "Requiem". This few lines cannot resume the greatness of this movie. The last thing I can say is: If you like art, I recommend you to see it. If you ever wonder about the nature of dreams, or you live in dreams half of the time, I think you'll feel like this movie was made for you.
Vicente Pastiche - The Painter
While the three heir sons of a hotel owner want to bring their establishment back to the glamour of former times, a Department of Health official tries to find the way of closing it permanently.
Lázaro
In a mental institution the patients see themselves as people like Jesus, Lázaro, Marta, Maria, Adão, Eve, Sonia, Raskolnikov, Aliosha e Ivan Karamasov, a Philosopher, a Profet, Santa Teresa d'Avila, reciting the Divine Comedy.
Man
About love and death, between a man and a woman.
