This documentary is an intimate look into the story of Doria Manfredi and of her reIationship with Puccini, and the opera that came about as a resuIt. "Turandot" telIs the story of a Iocal girl that went to work for the Puccinis as a maid. After a few years, Puccini's wife, EIvira, became convinced that her husband had been having an affair with the young girI. As a resuIt of the rumors she spread, Doria was shunned by the community, and eventuaIly took her own Iife. |