A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens.

In 1914, a cruise ship sets sail from Naples to spread the ashes of beloved opera singer Edmea Tetua near Erimo, the isle of her birth. During the voyage, the eclectic array of passengers discovers a group of Serbian refugees aboard the vessel. Peace and camaraderie abound until the ship is descended upon by an Austrian flagship. The Serbians are forced to board it, but naturally they resist, igniting a skirmish that ends in destruction.

The film is divided into seven untitled episodes that have betrayal as their common theme.

After his father's death, a middle-aged screenwriter struggles with his obsessions and neuroses.

Penniless Baron Tulicò, nicknamed Leopard, abandons his mistress, with whom he's had two sons, and marries a rich woman. The mistress tries to have her rights established with the help of her sons.

Following the mysterious decapitation of an insurance investigator, Police Inspector Peretti is put onto the case, but all the clues lead to an unsolved case of kidnapping and murder.

A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.

Bimba lives in a gothic castle with her parents, however, when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances while involved in a seance, she begins acting in increasingly strange and perverted ways.

Physical laws and human relations. In Terni (in the center of Italy), during a hot summer, Matteo, 30-years old with a degree in physics but unemployed gives private lessons to Elsa and Giulio. The three of them soon become friends but Matteo and Giulio also become love rivals.