Serafina, Pulcinella and Isabella are three lusty, beautiful members of a traveling theatrical troupe touring the French countryside in the 17th century, leaving in their wake a crop of broken hearts. This picaresque romantic comedy is based on the 1863 novel Le Capitaine Fracasse by Theophile Gauthier. In the story, the company stops at a castle owned by the scruffy young Baron de Sigognac, who is deeply smitten with the charms of the middle-aged (and somewhat morose) beauty Serafina. He decides to travel with the company, and Serafina perversely tries to get him to woo the youngest of the company, the newly bereaved Isabella.
Massimo Troisi
as Pulcinella
Ornella Muti
as Serafina
Vincent Perez
as Baron de Sigognac
Emmanuelle Béart
as Isabella
Jean-François Perrier
as Matamore
Ciccio Ingrassia
as Pietro, Sigognac's servant
Toni Ucci
as The tyrant
Remo Girone
as Vallombrosa
Marco Messeri
as Il Marchese
Claudio Amendola
as Agostino il brigante
Massimo Wertmüller
as Leandro
Lauretta Masiero
as Lady Leonarde
