Gianna Maria Canale as the Duchess who is offered a banquet and requests for a hard-boiled egg. The stingy Spanish lord, who used his last gunpowder to fire a salute to the noble lady and thus has no more when a bunch of pirates, led by Nadir, launches an attack against his castle. Nadir is the dashing fiery hero.

An episodic film based on letters to agony columns, showing the effect of sex on the lives of women.

Six vignettes explore love and desire in Rome, from prostitution and heartache to unwed motherhood and the male gaze.