人到中年，纳珀拉斯（马塞洛·马斯楚安尼 Marcello Mastroianni 饰）开始体会到了人生的无奈和命运的无常。一日，在一列火车上，纳珀拉斯遇见了一个长相美艳的女子，他深深的为女子的美艳所着迷，女子似乎也对纳珀拉斯颇为中意，正在两人情意绵绵之时，女子却突然走下了停止的火车，惊讶的纳珀拉斯尾随其后。
追随着女子的脚步，纳珀拉斯来到了一家大饭店，走进饭店，展现在纳珀拉斯面前的是一个名符其实的“女人城”。在这座女人城里，纳珀拉斯经历了一番充满了痛苦的奇异旅程，在质疑、拷问和折磨之间，纳珀拉斯早已经无法分辨，这里的一切究竟是梦境还是现实。

1953 film directed by Federico Fellini

An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to haunt an aging prude; a trophy wife enduring her husband's very public affairs; a lucky ticket-holder at a small town fair.

Six vignettes explore love and desire in Rome, from prostitution and heartache to unwed motherhood and the male gaze.

1960 film directed by Federico Fellini

Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.

1954 film directed by Federico Fellini