Michele Casali is a middle-class professor in Fascist Italy who teaches at the same high school attended by his only daughter, Giovanna. A shy and sensitive girl, her insecurities are only magnified by Michele's overprotectiveness—reaching a point of no return.
While reviewing her video diary, a woman finds footage of her husband cheating on her with her female friend. In desperation, she contemplates suicide, but her male film director friend suggests that they make an actual film about her.
