The Cavalier Lanzafame, known as Don Carlos, descendant of Caterina d’Aragona and founder of the Order of the Knights of Santa Teresa d’Avila di Jesus, has a mission: to organize the Gran Ballo delle Debuttanti in Catania. That’s why he recruits 12 girls destined to live a night of princesses, among white dresses, long gloves, knights in uniform and a waltz to dance in a room frescoed with memory of a cat pardo.

Don Carlos, however, does not do it only to refresh the glories of a fallen aristocracy, but – it would seem – also as ‘craft’: every year, in fact, he seeks girls who wish to live the illusion of the debut in society to help them realize their dream with tailor-made clothes, dance lessons and bearing in addition to the rider, at the need, with the help of a stylist (Rosy) and a dance teacher (Fia).