Rome, Esquilino, summer. Rossella returns to Rome after years of absence and returns to her home, rented to her friend Salvatore, the set designer. The woman is gripped by an evident depression and wanders around the city that she does not recognize and that no longer recognizes her. People have changed and Rossella finds no one capable of answering the obsessive question that has plagued her for some time: "How can I disappear?"

In late 1940s Italy, a mother makes the difficult decision to send her son to the north, where he catches glimpses of a new life away from poverty.

女子Anna和Alessio同居,当文员的她挺满足目前的生活,没有甚么大理想,当她认识已婚男子Domenico后,一股激情在她们的内心和城市沸腾着:当爱情变得偷偷摸摸时,城市的每个角落可以是天堂,也可以是地狱,突然之间,她们被诱惑去逃离目前的危险处境...