The story is set in 1920. While on a brief visit to Sicily, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Luigi Pirandello (Servillo) has an unexpected experience which leads to him meeting two singular theatre characters, Onofrio Principato (Ficarra) and Sebastiano Vella (Picone), amateur thesps who are auditioning for a new show alongside other actors from their am-dram group. This encounter between the brilliant author of "Six Characters in Search of an Author" and the ragtag theatrical group will turn out to be the source of countless surprises.

两名倒霉的电视技术员无意间撞见谋杀现场。为了避免成为嫌疑犯，二人采取了行动，结果每一步都弄巧成拙。

两名倒霉的电视技术员无意间撞见谋杀现场。为了避免成为嫌疑犯，二人采取了行动，结果每一步都弄巧成拙。

两名倒霉的电视技术员无意间撞见谋杀现场。为了避免成为嫌疑犯，二人采取了行动，结果每一步都弄巧成拙。

在一个西西里岛的小镇，镇长的竞选临近。这个小镇由充满欺诈的Gaetano Patanè领导了多年，他现在准备用各种欺骗的方式再次赢得选举，并保留他的权力。人们已经习惯了政治漩涡和政治交易，只想随波逐流。但是这次镇长竞选的对手是Pierpaolo Natoli，一个50岁诚实正直的教授，这是他的第一次政治经历，充满了信心和理想。当战胜各种逆境后他赢得了选举，立即开小镇法制的新纪元，开始尊敬小镇的新次序。但是Pietrammare的人们是否准备好接受新次序了吗？