On a beach, a group of sailors have sex with a depressed young woman. Madam of a nearby brothel takes her in but she leaves with an artist who lives close by. Meanwhile, her old rich husband and his sinister chauffeur are looking for her.
Joyce is alone in her luxurious apartment in Morocco during a heat wave. While trying to cool down, she shows signs of sexual frustration and anxiety. She holds a party, goes to the beach and meets her physician. But where's her husband?
The fast career of a young Neapolitan among contraband, gambling dens, bribes and illegality. He will upgrade its rank till the maximum level of the "Family".
The marital problems of an American couple come to a head while visiting southern Italy with their impressionable young son.
This tragic drama is adapted from a popular Ibsen play about the relationship between a mother, her ego-maniacal husband, and their daughter. The father never approves of anything the daughter does.