 The second story , " A Ghost " , is about an Italian widow , Luisa ( Nicoletta Braschi ) , who is stranded in Memphis while escorting her husband 's coffin back to Italy . Luisa , who has been conned twice and stuck with <unk> of magazines , is forced to share a room at the hotel with Dee Dee ( Elizabeth Bracco ) , a young woman who has just left her boyfriend ( Johnny from the final story ) and who plans to leave the city in the morning . Luisa is kept awake by Dee Dee 's constant talking , and when the young woman finally does go to sleep , she is visited by an apparition of Memphis ' most famous icon – Elvis Presley . 
