Known for Acting
Miniseries adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's novel.
A young man wants to give an idealized image of himself and his family and so he introduces the girl he loves to two old actors who pretend to be his parents.
Beatrice discovers the affair between her husband and the young wife of Ciampa, a man advanced in years and secretly resigned to that infidelity whose existence he openly denies. Beatrice, however, does not intend to do the same, on the contrary: she wants to publicly denounce that adulterous relationship.
Rockefeller is a tough and resilient man, who has spent his life as a cowboy in the Wild West, always without fear and without remorse. He is the head of a large family, which he leads with authority, sharp words and a passionate temperament. In the village, Rockefeller faces an alcoholic doctor, a wise wife, a generous-hearted girl and a sheriff who takes justice into his own hands.