A woman, who has been the mistress of a man who has just died, thinks about leaving the little Italian village where they lived and moving to another place.
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest.
The real horror is worse than - than a horror film, worse than - than the worst horror film. A story about some who are producing horror and special effects.
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.