Annie Britton
As a thirteen year old, Martha Caldwell witnessed the death of her parents in a terrible railway accident. Barely surviving the tragedy herself, Martha was struck dumb due to the shock. Now an adult, the still mute Martha lives with her uncle Ralph in the Spanish countryside. Martha's cousing Jenny arrives to be with the family but is quickly stabbed to death. It appears that a sex maniac is roaming the countryside; killing pretty young girls. The already traumatized Martha seems likely to be the next victim but the case turns out to be far more complicated than it would first seem.
Young Italian writers and directors express themselves in four episodes about sex and love. "Love and Language," the first tale, centers on the difficulties of a Sicilian immigrant who is unable to master proper Italian. the second tale "Love and Life" centers on a jealous and unhappy wife who becomes so desperate to be free of her constantly philandering husband she takes on a lover of her own. "Love and Art" a nearly exhausted screenwriter hires a secretary to help manage his typing. She's a pretty lass and this makes his insecure wife crazy until he fires the female and hires a male secretary. "Love and Death," the final episode centers on the love affair between a middle-aged widower and the grieving young widow he meets at the cemetery. Unfortuantely for his bank statement, the young, impoverished beauty isn't as bereaved as she seems.
Elivira Nardella
Histórias sobre três mulheres, interpretadas por Sophia Loren, todas muito diferentes e os homens que elas atraem. 1 - Adelina vende cigarros no mercado negro e é casada com o desempregado Carmine (Marcello Mastroianni). Ela é sentenciada a prisão, mas pode escapar enquanto estiver grávida. Sete anos e sete filhos depois, o marido esta exausto e a prisão parece algo inevitável, assim como o desprezo de Adelina por Carmine. 2 - Em Milão, Anna esta entediada e resolve dar carona a um escritor. Ela fala com um ar sonhador em fugir dali, e ele dá a atenção que ela precisa. 3 - Enquanto isso, Mara chama a atenção de um ingênuo seminarista, fazendo com que ela brigue com sua avó e faça um voto de castidade. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
