In the early 1900s, in the elegant, isolated villa II Piacere, the playwright Galeazzo D'Ascanio lived for Celia Sands. She was his muse and his mistress, the inspiration for his most stunning and original play. But the night before she was to take the stage in the leading role, Celia disappeared.
Now, decades later, Alessandro D'Ascanio is preparing to stage the first performance of his grandfather's masterpiece. A young actress-who shares Celia Sands' name, but not her blood has agreed to star. She is instantly drawn to the mysteries surrounding the play. And even though she knows she should let the past go, in the dark - in her dreams - it comes...