Short film showing cinematographer Henri Alekan, director Raúl Ruiz and actress Olimpia Carlisi at work creating sublime visual effects of the sort seen in City of Pirates.

Giuseppe M. Gaudino made his directorial debut with this experimental film portrait contrasting the ancient Roman empire with poverty in present-day Naples. The film's narrator introduces the ancient town of Pozzuloi, home to Nero, his mother Agrippina, the Sibyl of Cumae, and Christian martyr Artema. This historical drama is intertwined with a modern-day story of a poverty-stricken family, forced by earthquakes during the '70s to move to the country, a devastating blow to the close-knit family. After a 1997 Venice Film Festival screening at 125 minutes, the filmmakers announced their plans to re-edit to a shorter running time. Also known as Moonspins Between Land and Sea.

影片以一位已婚的工程师和一位意大利女招待员之间的爱情故事为主要线索，试图把社会政治与电影的职能结合起来。工程师是某党的候选人，他的所作所为完全取决于该党为维护候选人形象而制订的竞选策略，更可悲的是他未能真正深入了解这位意大利姑娘，总是把她视为自己的附庸；最后女方断绝了与他的关系。