In 19th-century Papal Rome, Bartolomeo is a wealthy and greedy parvenu who craves a noble title. While trying to raise the money he needs to strike a deal with a prince for the hand of his daughter, he'll find himself caught in a magical journey between past, present and future. Assisted by some rather illustrious companions, he'll have to come to terms with whom he really is and give his life a new meaning.

In love with the beautiful Anna, Nino follows her on vacation to Taormina and, to impress her, pretends to stay in a luxurious hotel. The misunderstandings follow each other. Neapolitan scenary, revised in a comic-seaside key, to the extent of the symbolic face of the genus Nino D'Ange.

An epileptic director trying to make a film about the life of famed Romanian actor Elina Löwensohn discovers that her real-life subject bears little resemblance to the star she idolized.