Paolina
No início do século, na Itália, a rica mulher Francesca (Loren), adota uma menina pobre chamada Nunziata. Os anos passam, Nunziata se apaixona Federico (Bova), seu irmão adotivo, filho de Francesca.
Maria Giuseppa
On his death bed in the 1820s, King Ferdinando I of Naples tries to escape the ghosts of his bloody kingship by remembering his younger days, when he was allowed to go hunting and have fun, and inventing love games. Then he was obliged to marry Mary Caroline of Austria, daughter of Empress Mary Theresa, in a political marriage: unexpectedly, they became happy lovers, until court power games divided them, and a different historical season arrived.
Ottone, a professional dog sitter who's uncertain about most things in life, asks an analyst if he made the right decision love-wise while recounting the significant relationships he had with four women.
