White Voices

It's 18th-century Rome, and Ferrari, an improverished chamber pot salesman, tries to raise some money by selling his young brother to the Vatican choir. However the brother escapes, and Ferrari must take his place. Since he doesn't have the beautiful high voice of his young brother, Ferrari faces castration but bribes his way out of this most distressing predicament. He manages to talk his way into bed with girl friend Granta and then begins his choir training. The new job frustrates Ferrari until he finds it allows him entry into the homes of the affluent. The moneyed husbands don't mind his presence, for they think he's minus a few essential parts, a fact Ferrari...