Dario (Diego Abantantuono) is a psychologist who is in no hurry to marry his schoolteacher paramour Maria (Lina Sastri) in this romantic comedy. He meets an old friend who married Dario's former sweetheart Anna (Monica Guerritore), and with a picture of his wife and mistress in his hand, the man drops dead. Dario breaks the news to both women, who cling to him in their grief. He ends up in bed with the unbalanced patient Silvia (Domiziana Giordana) before a friendship with the two women turns into a sexual liaison.