Despite the excellent ratings, after twelve successful years a popular Italian soap opera is in danger of being canceled. Taking advantage of a period of non-filming, a group of actors - who have now become a real family thanks to the time spent together on the set - decide to join their colleague Roberto, their leader, on a small paradise island where he owns a vineyard. .
Jeanne, her second husband, Michel, and her teen daughter Marie live quietly in the South of France. However, Jeanne's secret past comes back to haunt her.
A biographical feature on the Italian literary giant, Gabriele D'Annunzio. Set in late 19th century Italy and France when the artistic style, Decadentismo, was beginning to take shape, the film focuses on D'Annunzio's life when he was already an established poet and journalist in Rome. A staunch opponent of democracy and commoners, he searches for passion and pleasure among the wealthy and noble. One such noblewoman Elvira Fraternali Leoni, serves as the muse for his first novel - The Pleasure (Il Piacere).