Two segments: In the first one Felice, a baritone who has had to give up his career because of a heart condition and now works as an accountant at the Opera, inexplicably spends his nights laughing in his sleep. When his best friend, a cripple, takes his life and his wife abandons him Felice decides to die himself. In the second segment two kidnappings in Sicily, the second of which took place a century before the present one, are compared.
Felice Tespini
Tobia Rambaldi
Gino Migliori
Dottore
Marika
Nora
Il Dottor Ballarò
Rocco
Vincenzo Gangemi
Chiche
Manuzza
Fillico
Collega di Felice
Direttore d'Orchestra
Uomo in Bicicletta
Padre dei rapitori
Moglie di Fillico
Sorella di Tobia
Assistente Migliori
Assistente Migliori
Baritono
Nipote di Tobia
Nipote di Tobia
Parente Tobia
Commensale
Lietta - figlia di Pirandello
Uomo che insegue l'Auto
Commensale
Autista Rocco