A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.

A taxi driver, with singing ambitions, finds an abandoned baby in his cab and begins to look for his mother. He doesn't find her but succeeds in finding two people who want to adopt the child.

A scientist combines two brains during an operation to create one perfect mind.

Giovanna leaves her husband and son for a short holiday and casually finds an old boyfriend in trouble.

Bianca, a rich heiress, being an orphan, lives in her palace with her guardian uncle and cousin Olga.

The plot weaves several episodes with several groups of people, Roman families, youth gangs and young love couples, who spend a Sunday at the beach of Ostia.

Enrico breaks up his marriage to Renata because he discovers that in the registry office she is already married to a certain Giulio, an inhabitant of a country town. The couple leaves in search of the mysterious Giulio who is about to marry Marcella, but her wedding also ends.