The story is set in 1920. While on a brief visit to Sicily, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Luigi Pirandello (Servillo) has an unexpected experience which leads to him meeting two singular theatre characters, Onofrio Principato (Ficarra) and Sebastiano Vella (Picone), amateur thesps who are auditioning for a new show alongside other actors from their am-dram group. This encounter between the brilliant author of "Six Characters in Search of an Author" and the ragtag theatrical group will turn out to be the source of countless surprises.

影片取材自意大利画家卡拉瓦乔著名画作《耶稣的诞生》真实窃盗案件，讲述在电影公司担任秘书的女主，表面看似是一位平凡女职员，实际私下却是大编剧家的幕后主笔，正在着手新剧本的她，巧遇神秘退休警察，并从警察处意外获得画作失窃案的犯罪线索，她将失窃案中不为人知的情节完美重现剧本，没想到竟惹祸上身，让男友及母亲身陷险境，眼见所爱之人受到威胁，女主决定挺身而出，用编剧创意给以回击。

The story revolves around a G8 meeting, held at a luxury hotel on the German coast, where the world’s most powerful economists are gathered to enact important provisions that will deeply influence the world economy.One of the guests is a mysterious Italian monk (Servillo), invited by Daniel Rochè (Auteuil), the director of the International Monetary Fund. He wants the monk to receive his confession, that night, in secret. But the next morning, Rochè is found dead.