Lorenzo é um professor recém-formado que vai ensinar num vilarejo rural da Itália. Após fazer amizade com o seu aluno Duilio, ele se vê envolvido em situações complexas que colocarão em cheque suas certezas sobre identidade e sentimentos.
During the year 1673, Rome was besieged by poverty and violence. The rich Mr. Argante has two servants to look after him, while his wife is only waiting to see him dead to inherit.
A young writer is trapped between his awful actress mother and the knowledge that he has only a mediocre talent as a playwright and almost no force of character.
