Ernestina Pisanò
Carlo, a police officer, after intercepting a call conducts a drug bust at a private party at the upper class apartment of Rosanna Clerici and she is arrested. Just as the police and party guests are leaving, Giulio, Rosanna's six-year-old son, comes out of his room and asks Carlo where his mother is. Seeing that Carlo is the person responsible for his mother's arrest, Giulio tags along with him until his mother is freed. Carlo does everything possible to have Social Services or somebody look after the kid but is told by the Courts that he is the best candidate for his custody until a better one is found. Even though Giulio manages to turn Carlo's life inside out he ends up getting to like the kid and falling for the kid's mother, Rosanna, while she is in prison. It ends with Rosanna being released from prison and the three of them going out for dinner.
Norma
Softcore melodrama about a young woman who becomes a prostitute with the hopes of raising enough money to start a career as a model for romantic fumetti books
Sicilia, finales del siglo XIX. Adriana (Sophia Loren) y César (Richard Burton) se han amado durante años, pero el peso de la tradición es tan fuerte que ella, por acuerdo de las familias de ambos, termina casándose con el hermano menor de César. Sin embargo, ése no será el único revés que tendrán que afrontar.
Distraught Mother
Consta de nueve episodios independientes, protagonizados por Vittorio Gassman, que tratan sobre el amor y las mujeres.
Benito, son of a fascist mayor, returned from the countryside of Russia, rebels against the family and joins a group of partisans.
Alboino, señor de Lombardía, quiere casarse con la hija de un rey vecino, pero ella está enamorada de otro. Sin embargo, su padre decide arreglar la boda con Alboino, puesto que cree que este enlace será beneficioso para él. Sin embargo, Alboino decide asesinar al rey y deja al borde de la muerte a Amalchi, el verdadero amor de la princesa. Amalchi se recupera e inicia una revuelta contra Alboino, reclamando a la mujer que ama.