Alberto rentre chez lui. Sa mère l'accueille à bras ouverts, prête à fermer les yeux sur les longues années d'absence et de dérive plus ou moins avouable du fils prodigue
In a village, the pharmacist and the innkeeper have an intense rivalry fuelled by the fact that they were once romantically involved many years before. To spite her rival, the innkeeper arranges to have her nephew set up a second pharmacy to take business away him. Unbeknownst to them a romance is developing between the younger generation of the families.
Three friends, a mechanic, a clockmaker, and a night warden are engaged to three sisters but are broke and cannot get married and pay the rent. They convince their future father-in-law to buy three little flats for them but the man buys them from a swindler and the friends run the risk of going to prison.
Rosa Lulli, has an illegitimate 20-year-old son, named Stefano, who lives with her in the house of Professor Arlotta. Stefano is in love with Lydia, the granddaughter of the professor. The couple has a gambling addiction: the need to obtain a large sum to meet gambling debts, which pushes him to accept the loving invitation of Jeannette, owner of a dance school, where Stefano goes to play.
Dans un village d'Italie du Sud, un chef de gendarmerie courtise deux jeunes femmes. L'une d'elles, "La Bersagliera" est éprise de son subordonné, un jeune carabinier.
Gina est la fille d'un marchand de journaux de province. Elle passe son temps à lire des romans à l'eau de rose et à rêver d'une vie romantique à la ville. Un jour, elle participe à un concours de beauté sans la permission de son père et rencontre Franco, un représentant. Mais elle perd le concours. Elle est alors approchée par Giancarlo et René, éditeurs de romans-photos, afin qu'elle devienne modèle pour leurs publications.
Carlo wins some money and decides to go to Rome to celebrate, but he gets his money stolen on the train. He tries to find a friend of his for a loan. Unfortunately, he is at his wedding at the church. When Carlo goes there he met his runaway bride...