In the theater of a small village, rehersals are taking place for a show based on the opera I Pagliacci. There is no orchestra, just a piano and the singers. Amongs the few people in the audience there is the mother of the singer, a rich local lady and financer of the project, the sister, and a few other people involved in the show. During a dinner party at this rich lady’s house, a hiposis session takes place, where rancor and pain emerge from the brother and sister towards their mother and their impossibility of overcoming them.

La messa in scena teatrale dell'opera "I Pagliacci" fa da sfondo ai drammi famigliari del cantante e di sua sorella, al loro legame rancoroso e doloroso con la madre - nonchè finanziatrice del progetto - e all'impossibilità dei due giovani di liberarsene.