Lucia Bosè

An 80-year-old actress returns to the Chilean town of her youth to create a television show in a place without TVs.

Metello fights his way out from his condition through hard work, a determined will to resist oppression inherited from his father, but also by taking advantage of his good looks when dealing with women. He progressively assumes an important role in the organization of an emerging workers movement, and attempts to conciliate his risky political activities with his private life.

Cocteau takes a filmic journey through his life's work reprising characters and scenes from his writings and his previous films.