Vanessa, a runaway bride, and Emanuela became friends on the ferry to a tourist resort. Together they will take part of the chaotic life of the resort.

Michele Casali is a middle-class professor in Fascist Italy who teaches at the same high school attended by his only daughter, Giovanna. A shy and sensitive girl, her insecurities are only magnified by Michele's overprotectiveness—reaching a point of no return.