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Tuccio, commediografo di una compagnia in difficoltà, vorrebbe mettere in scena "Illuminata", la sua nuova opera, ma i proprietari del teatro non vogliono. Durante la rappresentazione di 'Cavalleria rusticana', un attore ha un malore e Tuccio sostituisce quell'opera con 'Illuminata'. Umberto Bevalaqua, potente e frivolo critico, fa a pezzi la pièce e, per fargli cambiare idea, la compagnia spinge ad incontrarlo l'attore Marco, per il quale Bevalacqua ha preso una cotta...
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Illuminata (1998)
119 min
It's the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory company offers the owners of the company his new play, "Illuminata". They reject it, saying it's not finished, and intrigue starts that involves influential critic Bevalaqua, theatre star Celimene, young lead actors and other theatre residents