Em uma viagem de uma semana, um cadete do exército acompanha Fausto, um irritado capitão cego, de Turim até Nápoles. Sem paciência para piedade, o capitão não aceita discordâncias e se comporta mal em público, sabendo apenas dar ordens. Em Nápoles, ele encontra um tenente cego com o qual conversa sobre seguir em frente.
Sandro dreams about a woman older than himself. He works as a lifeguard at the beach and at the same time he's caring for a large number of sexually unsatisfied women who are coming for the weekend without their husbands.
In Genoa, the Commissioner Sironi has identified the leader of the ferocious racket that controls the port activities. But the law restrains his action.
During the civil war in Cyprus, an island nation split between the Greeks and the Turks, a British peacekeeping officer is trying to prevent a Greek guerrilla fighter from escalating the violent situation even further.
