Aspiring actors Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo work dead-end jobs while nurturing the dream of staging their production of Cyrano de Bergerac, but love for the same woman will tear their friendship apart. Three years later, Giovanni and Giacomo reunite after learning that Aldo is dying.
Con man Aldo breaks out of jail and seizes a car at gunpoint, taking its passengers—bumbling policeman Giacomo and nitpicking civilian Giovanni—hostages. An unlikely friendship blossoms.
An interview with film producer Goffredo Lombardo, whose Titanus Films was bankrupted by Luchino Visconti's extravagant spending on "The Leopard."
