Having to interpret a fifties-style melodrama, the actor Enrico Montesano asks Amedeo Nazzari for advice, who gives it to him while reviewing clips of Giacomo Gentilomo's "Appassionamente" and other tear-jerking films. Reinvigorated by these tips Montesano is ready to give his face to Raffaele, a seller of statues and sacred objects in love with Ada.