In a beautibul colonial house, with fountains and magnolias in its garden which looks to the river, Camila O'Gorman plays the piano. Not far away, the bells from the Socorro Church toll, where the priest Ladislao Gutiérrez officiates. the destiny weaves its plot. Camila, educated under the severe orders of a traditional family, where virginity and the respect of the domestic virtues are a command, she fells in love of the young jesuit. On a cold sunrise of the 18th August 1848, Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutiérrez are executed. The harassed corps of the lovers can perpetuate the hug for which they have been killed.

In Portugal, during the pauses and in the free time of the film Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo that he is rolling with Manoel de Oliveira, Marcello Mastroianni confesses in front of the machine of prey. Like in a flash - back, he looks through his own life: from the infancy with his parents relationship up to the discovery of the cinema as spectacle, from the first extras to the choice of the actor like profession. And later the readings, the authors, the theatre, the bulging Italy of the world war, the colleagues, the fecund collaboration with Federico Fellini, the reputation of Latin lover, the one that he could not managed to get free of. Up to the birthday celebrated in the set with the whole team congratulating him.