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1939: Rome stands on the brink of World War II. In the midst of this political and social tension famed producer Davide Rieta is making a major film. The two lead actors, the German woman Kristina Baumgarten and the English man James Clavel ace each others' initial antagonism and eventually fall in love. Meanwhile the fascist police are looking for an excuse to arrest the Jewish filmmaker and any other potential "troublemakers." The producer and his crew decide to make one final extraordinary effort to complete the film - against all odds.
A young woman becomes the victim of extortion.
"O Esquema" (The Scheme) shows the reunion of two colleagues, one who hasn't lived in his hometown called Goiana-Brazil for many years and is coming to visit, and the other who has never stopped living in the city. Worlds colliding.