A writer living in an attic apartment with a journalist friend. After a suspicious accident, his ex-wife and her new husband falsely believe he is suicidal and try to use him for media publicity. The plot centers on a media organization's demand that he perform a live televised suicide in St. Peter's square to get his work published.
Stan serves as the tragic focal point of the story, whose personal crisis is exploited by others.
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