A little town in Italy is aroused when Raphael, a remarkably unremarkable middle-aged American professor, giving a summer course in classical music, tries to help a few of his sexy female students--but, instead, and quite innocently, gains fame...rising from obscurity to legend, as a lothario who possesses the key that can unlock the mysteries of the female heart.

As Raphael begins to accept his fictitious reputation, this story of gossip, romance and hope unveils a man who finally comes to learn that giving people something to believe in, no matter how untrue, is better than not believing at all.