- Marcello (Gabriele Tinti) and Micaela (Magda Konopka) want to have a child, but it seems Micaela has medical issues preventing a pregnancy. Marcello wants to go to Switzerland for more exotic treatments, but Micaela chooses instead to have her niece Letizia (Franca Gonella) brought home from a fancy boarding school to …
- Mirto, a progressive teacher, is assigned to a backward village, where her ideas find opposition from the parents. She falls in love with Stephanos, the mayor's son, whom she marries. As soon as the marriage ends, the eve of 28 Oct, 1940, the war with Italy breaks out. Stephanos is enlisted and after a while, news of h…
- Nino is a mechanic, great fan of his hometown football team, the Naples. While the team is going to win its first championship, he will become leader of a fan club, finding problems with the local boss.