Carnival time, Naples. 17th Century, Italy. A rogue band of exiled Cavaliers descend upon the city in a grand quest of fun and romance. The entanglement of plot lines through mistaken identities and hidden truths ensues, where the masks of Carnival offer both refuge and retaliation, and love and frivolity interlope with terror and pathos. What happens when the truths ripped from behind the masks are darker than the lies that cover them?