Fiorenzo Serra

This high-energy three part comedy has a strong undercurrent of melancholy, as it shows three different women coping with difficult situations which are usually sexual in origin, even if the moment of romance is long past. In the first tale, Aurora has gotten used to a cozy, wealthy life, but begins to see her world destroyed when her husband is caught in bed with his secretary. Later, he flees the country to avoid getting arrested for something else he has done. Carmela is just welcoming her wayward son back to their slum home after he has spent a stint in "reform" school. Not only has he just confessed to her that he's gay, but he has become a heroin addict.Finally, Libera works at a newsstand outside of Naples as the sole breadwinner for her family. She is tired of her husband lounging in their house when he is not out tomcatting around with prostitutes, and decides to do something about it. So she secretly has him filmed in bed, and is marketing the tapes at her newsstand.

Ferruccio, who knows everything about camels, and Camillo, who acts as his manager, go to Milan to take part in a telequiz.

Saverio, profesor en una escuela, y Mario, conserje de la misma se pierden en el campo dándose cuenta que han viajado atrás en el tiempo hasta el siglo XV. Allí jugarán a las cartas con Leonardo da Vinci y tratarán de impedir que Cristobal Colón descubra América...

Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918). En julio de 1914, un barco de lujo zarpa desde Italia con los restos mortales de la famosa cantante de ópera Tetua. En el barco van sus amigos, famosos cantantes de ópera, y todo tipo de gente exótica. La vida a bordo es dulce, pero el tercer día surge un problema: hay que salvar a unos refugiados serbios, que han huido de la guerra y se encuentran perdidos en el mar.

Filming took place in the fall of 1962 in various locations in Barbagia, Sardinia, but above all in Oliena, where the entire carasau bread processing cycle was filmed.