Getting ready for the wedding that will unite two very different families- the humble Italian taxi driver Cristoforo Colombo and his wife Rosy, and the rich Italian-Americans Alessandro and Patricia Di Giacomo.
Destinies intertwined for two antithetical people who meet during a trip to India, where lots of misunderstandings and funny situations will take place.
Womanizing lawyer Fabio follows his wife and son to a trip to Egypt in a last-ditch effort to make up for his past infidelities. Also travelling to Egypt is bumbling police chief Enrico, who's desperate to keep his rebellious daughter from becoming a showgirl. The two meet on a Nile cruise. Calamity ensues.
Gepeto (Carlo Giuffrè), um solitário carpinteiro, decide fazer um boneco de madeira para lhe fazer companhia. Com pena da solidão de Gepeto, a Fada Azul (Nicoletta Braschi) decide satisfazer seu desejo e dá vida a Pinóquio (Roberto Benigni), o boneco de madeira. Porém logo Pinóquio busca se tornar um garoto de verdade, o que faz com que ele se envolva em diversas confusões.