While happily engaged to Rosalia, Tony has the misfortune of falling for a vibrant pilot named Valeria — and that’s just the beginning of his problems.

A group of young girls stranded on an island, where they meet the reclusive Luca, who hides a dark secret.

A professor and his wife suffer humiliation at the hands of an invading college dissidents protest.

Ulla, a prostitute is hired by the despicable Mudy, mother of the shy and mentally disturbed 20-year-old Tony with a tendency toward pyromania. She is invited on a sea cruise where she is meant to "take" his virginity. Also invited on the cruise are the provocative Paula and her husband Aldo, who are constantly striving to win the favor of a wealthy woman in hope of obtaining an oil concession. Despite her efforts, Ulla has no effect on the young man until the yacht stops on a Mediterranean island inhabited only by a goat herder and his wife, Beba. Tony is attracted to her, but little by little his mental disorders arise, and the story ends in tragedy.