[1] Gerardo is an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy.

Due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, he is involved in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant.

His inexperience resulted in him being the only one to be arrested and sentenced to several months in prison.

There he encounters a vast array of petty criminals, devoted primarily to scams of various kinds.

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