In a sordid account of mutual charity, an alcoholic doctor tries to make a captive heroin addict kick her self-destructive behavior — and vice-versa.

A young boy tries to make living out of a puppet show when his mother abandons him and his father.

A detective gets involved with the beautiful daughter of an old friend. The daughter turns out to be a jewel thief, who in turn gets the detective involved in a caper in Austria.

Italian coming of age story about two cousins, Enzo and Agata, told in three stages.