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In the winter of 1944 in Rome, a young man pursued by a Fascist patrol takes refuge in the Plaza Hotel. The concierge takes him into the suite occupied by Pietro Mascagni, the famous composer. Mascagni, in his eighties, is surrounded by ...See moreIn the winter of 1944 in Rome, a young man pursued by a Fascist patrol takes refuge in the Plaza Hotel. The concierge takes him into the suite occupied by Pietro Mascagni, the famous composer. Mascagni, in his eighties, is surrounded by three friends. The young man begs Mascagni to protect him. The composer then recalls a period in his youth: almost unknown and at the end of his tether, a friend had brought him the piano that would enable him to hear the music for "Cavalleria Rusticana", an opera he had composed in his head. Shortly afterwards, one of the militiamen searching the hotel enters the maestro's place. He discovers him absorbed in listening to the young man singing "Cavalleria Rusticana", and doesn't recognize the man he's looking for. Written by Guy Bellinger See less