影片反映了意大利1816至1817年的历史。当时,在拿破仑政权垮台和维也纳代表大会后,意大利笼罩在开始全面复辟的气氛中。爱国的共和秘密社团间统治意大利北部的奥地利人和意大利封建贵族进行了殊死的斗争。影片围绕当时的一个革命社团“崇高兄弟会”和这一社团的成员、贵族富尔维奥展开。富尔维奥愤世嫉俗,隐退过着宫廷式的生活,但由于对自己的现状不满而参加了社团的一次革命行动,最后背叛了他的同志。。A film director gathers his favorite actresses, those he worked with and those he loved. He wants to make a film about women but he doesn’t reveal much: he observes them, takes cue, until his imaginary throw them into another era, in a past where the noise of the sewing machines fills a workplace handled and populated by women, where men have minor and marginal roles and cinema...。