In 1984, the Taviani brothers made perhaps their most beautiful film, the script of which was based on six short stories by Luigi Pirandello.

From the rich short story production of the Nobel laureate Italian writer, which, as he himself said, "consists of many small mirrors," the Taviani brothers chose some of the most characteristic moments. Against the backdrop of early 20th-century Sicily, where legend merges with history and poetry with the drama of everyday life, Pirandello explores the chaos of human existence, the depths of the human soul, with his bitter, peculiar humor, "which resembles a smile yet is a tear."