Six vignettes explore love and desire in Rome, from prostitution and heartache to unwed motherhood and the male gaze.
Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of terror that shook the empire to its very foundations. The subject of countless film treatments, Rome's most villified empress is herein played by British actress Belinda Lee.
An impotent husband is inspired by the bull that he inherited from his father and finds the lost virility.
