Fellini is at Cannes for the festival and screening of La Dolce Vita. He tells of his ironic encounters with unusual characters, who complain about the oddity of Fellini's movie characters.

Magpies [gazze ladre] in folklore are known to be attracted by shiny things. Rossini's opera La Gazza Ladra recounts the story of Ninetta, a servant girl. She is wrongly accused of stealing the silverware that the family magpie stole.

Federico Fellini discusses Marcello Mastroianni's role as "everyman" in La Dolce Vita. He encourages viewers to see Mastroianni's "passions, hopes, fears and cowardice, and anguish and sleaziness" as similar to their own.

Violetta writes a letter of farewell to Alfredo. He is miserable, but hears of a party where he is sure to see her. But there, things go from bad to worse. Alfredo ends up having to live abroad, and Violetta's illness gets much worse. Will they ever be able to embrace each other again?

Anna and Marika tell the first part of the story of Violetta and Alfredo, their falling in love and their decision to live in Paris together. But their happiness doesn't last...

Fellini tells how La Dolce Vita scenes were filmed both on the Via Veneto and on a set reconstructing the famous street in Cinecittà. The director also discusses his being a Capricorn.

Giovanna, a resident of Campania, explains how tomato puree is made, and then preserved in glass jars.

Anna recounts the story of Tosca, an opera singer who is in love with the painter Cavaradossi. Puccini's opera was first performed in Rome in 1900.

Crowds of Romans gather to watch the filming of Anita Ekberg in the Trevi Fountain. Federico Fellini tells of his inspirations for the film La Dolce Vita.

Mario Talarico is a Neapolitan master umbrella maker. He and his finely crafted products have been featured in newspapers around the world.

Fellini describes his relationship to a producer who became so exasperated by the director, that he drank ink in mock suicide.

Donatella Versace, go-to designer for movie stars and rock stars, talks about her love of color, designing the various Versace collections, and the legacy of her brother.

Claudio Capotondi discusses his marble and travertine sculpture entitled PortaRoma, created in 2000.

Anna tells us the tragic story of Cio-cio-san, protagonist of Madam Butterly, an opera by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica. The opera was dedicated to the Queen of Italy, Elena di Montenegro.

Fellini, interviewed at the Trevi Fountain, during the filming of La Dolce Vita, discussed his relationships with producers.