In the eighteenth-century Rome, Don Pasquale Corneto, wants his young nephew Ernesto, dedicated to a wasteful social life, to marry a rich spinster, both to save on the expenses of his maintenance and to increase the family heritage.

The story of Luca, a young man with misguided ambitions, who wants to prove his abilities with a great feat, with a tragic gesture. Here, the story fits into and dissolves into that of Lee Oswald, who kills President Kennedy to go down in history. Brusati wants to portray a wayward youth driven by false heroic ideals.

Theatre play adaptation of Jean Racine's Phaedra filmed for TV.