Eva Nova

A cabaret singer, now a widow, is dethroned and expelled downstairs by a fiery rival.

A young couple, Renato and Maria, struggle to provide for their young daughter Pia.

Some Neapolitans help a firm from Milan to establish two factories in Naples: one produces TV dinner pizzas the other manufactures lace. The owner of a pizza joint and a woman who makes lace at home are against the project.