Against the backdrop of Lake Maggiore in 1946, a young skipper named Marco Maffei meets the charismatic and eccentric Temistocle Mario Orimbelli, who invites him to dinner at his villa. Marco becomes smitten with Temistocle's sister-in-law, the beautiful and widowed Matilde, amidst a web of secrets, forbidden passions, and unexpected events. The arrival of Cleofe's missing brother, Angelo Berlusconi, sets off a chain reaction of revelations, including the mysterious contents of a wooden trunk in the bishop's bedroom.
La stanza del vescovo
Mario, a war veteran, forms an unlikely bond with Marco, a sailor, and brings him into his complex family life, including his estranged wife Cleofe and his closeted sister-in-law Matilde.
