Gianni Ridolfi

During the bombing of Naples in World War II, a cynical businessman helps a naive prostitute, who spends the next two decades desperate to have him reciprocate her feelings.

Three tales of very different women using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want.

Claudio Lacroics, a French-born prosecutor, is in Sicily to fight the Mafia. Every day he clashes with the beliefs of a community where the only rules are prejudice and silence. In addition, Claudio has married Lucienne and welcomes his sister Roberta into his home; she returns only to ask for money with her lover Richard.