Stars in Her Hair Tears in Her Eyes

This is a film about a traveling theatrical group in the beginning of 20th century The itinerant troupe arrives in the little town comprising several families an eccentric student an anarchist all united by their love for theatre The theatricals of Othello are pending All of a sudden the performer of Desdemona falls ill The local woman teacher plays in her stead She makes a success and joins the troupe The young woman travels with them along the dusty country roads and never gives up Step by step she becomes a very good actress and assumes the leading of the group through its complex life United by their common fate the actors go through the joys and disappointments of their pioneering educative mission together