SABATO (first episode): A company receives the visit of a very very important person. This person works for a biggest Japanese society, and this encounter is decisive for the small Italian company.
DOMENICA (second episode): After a hard day of job, a man returns in it's house for sleep. But a series of facts hinder this, and the poor man does not succeed to sleep.
VENERDI (third episode): A famous and rich creator of sexy ballets have various problems with a dancer. She want to leave the theater and marry a Mafia man.
Eva - Female Victim
Pasolini parte da obra de Sade e revisita o episódio histórico da República de Salò para apresentar sua visão sobre o poder, a sexualidade, o conformismo e a juventude italiana dos anos 1970, em um filme de quatro partes: Ante-Inferno, Círculo das Manias, Círculo da Merda e uma última, Círculo de Sangue.