Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is a repulsive, mean, stingy man who lives alone in his shabby house with his scornful, bedridden mother. He has a morbid, obsessive relationship with money and he uses it to insinuate himself into other people's affairs, pretending to be the "family friend". One day he is asked by a man to lend him money for the wedding of Rosalba, his daughter. Geremia falls in love at first sight with the bewitching creature and and soon indulges in a "beauty and the beast" relationship...
| Directing | Paolo Sorrentino | Director |
| Writing | Paolo Sorrentino | Screenplay |
| Production | Francesca Cima | Producer |
| Production | Fabio Conversi | Co-Producer |
| Production | Nicola Giuliano | Producer |
| Production | Domenico Procacci | Producer |
| Sound | Teho Teardo | Music |
| Crew | Luca Bigazzi | Cinematography |
| Editing | Giogiò Franchini | Editor |
| Art | Lino Fiorito | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ortensia De Francesco | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jessica Zambelli | Costume Design |