Aging opera singer Maria Callas tries to make a comeback by performing in a production of Bizet's "Carmen."

When Eugenio Vassallo, an accomplished author, asks Fabrizio Taormina, a young and unsuccessful writer, to become his ghostwriter, Fabrizio seizes the life-changing opportunity but must face his inner demons and confront his obsession with fame to do the job.

A pig recounts his last day of life, imagining a better future.