During a trip to Sicily in 1920, Luigi Pirandello meets two gravediggers-turned-playwrights rehearsing a play with their amateur dramatics. Pirandello takes an interest in the odd couple, having been suffering from writer's block while working on his eventual masterpiece, Six Characters in Search of an Author.

Toni Servilloas Luigi Pirandello
Salvatore Ficarraas Onofrio "Nofrio" Principato
Valentino Piconeas Sebastiano "Bastiano" Vella
Giulia Andòas Santina
Rosario Lismaas Mimmo Casà
Donatella Finocchiaroas La balia
Aurora Quattrocchias Maria Antonietta Portolano
Galatea Ranzias La madre
Fausto Russo Alesias Il padre
Filippo Lunaas Il direttore di scena