Villages around Cagliari, summer. Like every year, little more than a dozen of “Cantadoris” are ready to meet a tight schedule of poetry competitions, part of the religious festivals. I “cantadoris” are true idols of the language and culture of Sardinia. They give evidence of their mastery through grueling marathons of verses improvised from a stage placed in the main square, in a climate of challenge and of great emotional strain. How will the metaphor of the “Sovereign” be viewed ? Moreover, the film tells this tradition and integrate it into the social context of which is an expression, and, as a kaleidoscope, shows the alternation between the time of the religious festival and the everyday life.