Alma is a career woman hunted by her mother-in-law who wants to kill her. Marylin is a former prisoner who wants revenge on her ex-boyfriend. He is sent as a "gift" to Alma for her birthday. She falls in love with him and ends up being pursued by Marylin. The man is killed, and Alma "buys" another.

Between nightmare and reality, spanning various film genres, the director tells the story of a desperate actor who puts on the role of a "drag queen" in order to survive. This role destroys him because it causes him melancholy, bitterness, frustration. However, the man cannot get rid of it, and despair brings him to the brink of suicide. His father's gun, however, does not help him; it jams. He then resorts to an ad found by chance in the newspaper, "A Friendly Voice," which offers to help those who have come to the point of taking their own lives.

Adriatic sun and sand set the scene for comic misunderstandings, particularly for a writer pursuing a publisher and a man willing to box for love.

In the 1970s, Angela flees from her Neapolitan base, wanting to leave ugly memories behind and rebuild her life in Rome. But someone cannot forget her: Carmine (an unscrupulous young boss) and John (a thirsty commissioner of justice). When Angela returns to Naples with her husband Gabriele, she struggles for the survival of her family. Carmine, defying the power of boss Conticello and Nina's love, will stop at nothing to have Angela at her side.

Medical-center doctors discover the shocking source of a deadly virus spreading through Los Angeles.