Rome, 1929. The Pope's tailor sends his only son, 35-year-old virgin Nello, to more liberal Bologna hoping he'll find a wife. His head brimming with ideas on romantic love induced by classical poetry, Nello falls for Angela, a beautiful blind woman who indulges him only to win back her fiancé.
Viata linistita a tinerei Deokee capata agitatie atunci cand un fost profesor universitar se muta langa ea deoarece fuge de niste acuzatii de hartuire sexuala. Atractia reciproca ii conduce pe cei doi intr-o aventura, dar cand semestrul de toamna incepe, profesorul se intoarce la oras unde il asteapta familia lui, numai ca tanara refuza sa renunte asa usor la el.