Anna is a cynical Cast Director, hired by a producer friend, to find the actors of a new film. He receives only some scenes from the film, without knowing the plot. Andrea, an actor in crisis, following the sending of his resume for the selection of an assistant Cast Director, is hired by Anna to help her in the work.

Andrea is unable to audition and asks Mario, her roommate, for help. In aid of the protagonist arrives Ilaria, Mario's colleague, who promises to complete the work. It's been six months since the auditions, the film turned out to be a hoax and Andrea ended up being a street artist. The producer meets Anna to talk about a new project. It's a new start and Andrea is back on board and...

The budget of the film has run out, it is time to end the casting.Of this the director is also convinced: Cesare Ponentino. Payments: Cesare Ponentino arrives in Rome to audition with Anna and Andrea. The director is convinced of one thing: the "protagonist" must be a man.

The news of the new movie is spreading like wildfire. Andrea is in charge of dividing questions by gender, but time is running out, it's time to make a "mixed fry". Auditions begin, some aspiring actresses follow each other, when at some point something seems to go wrong.

Anna has a new impossible task for Andrea: organizing an audition for the next day. Unfortunately, Andrea fails in his task, but discovers that Anna had lied to him and that he just wanted to make fun of him. In the meantime, they're auditioning for the Ponentino film. Our protagonists are looking for a man who wants to become a nun.