At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena. She departs with her assistant to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal is to take find out more...

Irene Ravelli and her aunt, Eleonora, are ruthless business partners who have inherited an Italian real-estate empire. As Irene makes plans to turn her family's historic palazzo in Rome into an apartment complex, she is moved by thoughts of her late mother, and a homeless 12-year-old named Beni, to help those less fortunate. With the aid of Father Carras, the woman undergoes a complete life transformation.