 Ana finds Aurora being titillated by a Jorge Amado book, and prohibits her from reading it. As the older sister, she feels the right to preview and censor he sister s reading material. She also objects to her habit of using foreign words. The doorbell rings, and Aurora thinks it may be the butcher, complaining about his bill, which is only four months overdue. But instead it s a messenger boy with a letter from a film company, summoning Aurora appear at 2:00 PM on the set of "Mud rained on Gravodino s Honor". Aurora feels her hour has arrived, she s been picked from thousands of candidates. Ana says they ll have to choose someone else, for Aurora will have to pass over her dead body to appear in a film. Aurora says she will. Ana storms out, and Aurora enacts a melodramatic scene with an imaginary infant in her arms. After the commercial, the scene has shifted to a film set, with a Director, Francisco Tapiatori, who speaks a sort of mangled Italian; a Leading Man, Celso Mogiano; a Script Girl who speaks half English, some of which is random sentences from a first-year language textbook; and a Vamp, Estela Lunaris, until recently Chica the Popcorn Seller. The sisters arrive, and Ana intercepts the script to insure that there s nothing of "French film" in it, then snubs the Vamp. The Vamp calls her illiterate, and she calls the Vamp a painted monkey. When the whole cast get ready to rehearse the scene, Aurora s role is explained. She is the betrayed wife, interrupting her husband Gravadino with his secretary on his lap. She has some comic lines: Now I understand when you said you couldn t lunch at home because of a weight on your stomach; I was sure you had heartburn and I find you with a heartthrob. However she feels that playing a betrayed wife who easily forgives is unsuited to her dignity. She suggests switching the roles - she ll play the secretary, and the Vamp the wife - but the director points out that if Gravadino had caviar at home, why would he want a baloney sandwich at work? Ana and Aurora perceive that she has been offended, and ask why she was picked for the role. The director, on being assured they really want to know, says it s because she s the only one who would work for free. Aurora confesses, and dramatically tells Ana she felt the need to sacrifice herself for the greatness of national cinema. She says on with the show, hugs the Leading Man, and says Lolobrigida, here I come.