Giorgio Listuzzi

A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.

Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building. This film follows the efforts of a family to erect the roof on a house overnight so that a newlywed couple can have their own home.

A renowned physician falls under scrutiny when it's discovered his assistant is a former Nazi.