Summer 1946. A man in his thirties is sailing on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, hoping to put off the inevitable return to work. Dropping anchor in a small port, he meets the owner of a nearby villa who invites him home for in his waterside mansion. The sailor in a guest room previously occupied by a now deceased bishop related to his host. The two men form an uneasy bond, recognizing in each other a shared taste for idling and erotic adventure. They soon set sail together, but sudden tragedy puts an end to their revels and shatters the tranquillity of the villa...

Un día Pierino vio en el mercado un biplano y le nació la idea del vuelo. Encontró una enorme sombrilla. Pensó que no le sería difícil transformarla en un paracaídas con el cual arrojarse para descender, como un mensajero celeste, en la placita enfrente del puerto. Si el experimento resultaba, repetiría el lanzamiento y recibiría las monedas de los espectadores.

Summer 1946. A man in his thirties is sailing on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, hoping to put off the inevitable return to work. Dropping anchor in a small port, he meets the owner of a nearby villa who invites him home for in his waterside mansion. The sailor in a guest room previously occupied by a now deceased bishop related to his host. The two men form an uneasy bond, recognizing in each other a shared taste for idling and erotic adventure. They soon set sail together, but sudden tragedy puts an end to their revels and shatters the tranquillity of the villa...

Un día Pierino vio en el mercado un biplano y le nació la idea del vuelo. Encontró una enorme sombrilla. Pensó que no le sería difícil transformarla en un paracaídas con el cual arrojarse para descender, como un mensajero celeste, en la placita enfrente del puerto. Si el experimento resultaba, repetiría el lanzamiento y recibiría las monedas de los espectadores.