With a reputation for seducing members of the opposite sex, regardless of their marital status, a notorious womanizer discovers a beauty who seems impervious to his charms. However, as he continues to pursue the indifferent lady, he finds himself falling in love.
Recreating a historical event that occurred in Rome on November 24, 1736, the film tells the story of two Jews who are arrested for burglary, tortured, and forced to confess. The Papal Tribunal sentences them to death by hanging.
A nurse who is happily single the rest of the year is sick of being shamed for being alone at the holidays, so vows on December 1 to find someone to take home for Christmas.
