In fact he has the talent to be able to write fantasy stories for children, and so he is snubbed by Italian critics.

However Arturo does not give up, and sends the proofs to a famous Florentine editor.

Arturo starts to know celebrity and wealth, but soon gets bored, because he feels himself suffocated by the fame.

Indeed, Arturo falls in love with beautiful Matilde, promised in marriage to a pompous man of Bergamo.

With her, Arturo flees into a house in the woods, and plans a new life, just like in the fairy tales.