Luigi, who is engaged to a rich bourgeois, Cinzia, meets his lovely cousin, Sonia, at the cremation of their grandmother. Six months later, Sonia moves in and enters his life, and gradually succeeds in seducing him. Sonia upsets his life. Now, Cinzia is jealous but he can not resist the seductress.

Adriatic sun and sand set the scene for comic misunderstandings, particularly for a writer pursuing a publisher and a man willing to box for love.

When young cop Andrea is assigned to keep watch over dangerous Godfather Sante, who's in hospital after a fake suicide attempt, the stage is set for disaster.