Walter is HIV positive and is leading a promiscuis life in Rome. He does this so that he won’t infect his wife. Walter’s wife is also cheating on him. In a decidedly dull subplot, Walter’s father is a senator who wants to use his son’s illness to promote his own political career by calling for more AIDS research.

Marca is an 18 year old girl from a modest family, fatherless and whose mother Rosanna tends a bar. Everbody loves Marca including her teacher Manuel because she's beautiful and has a sweet face, which earned her the nickname "Bambola". When she's not hanging out with friends, she's at home with her mother and drunk step-father Francesco, a criminal into robberies and kidnappings who sees her as a tool to make money. Marca becomes a victim of him one day and wakes up in a brothel where Marilda, the 40 year old madam of the house, tells her she'll remain in peace if she works hard.

Alessia, a TV showgirl, tries to win the favor of an official. Amalia, a morning show host, satisfies the masochistic director in order to go to prime time. Stefania "works hard" to act in a risqué film by a famous director, but the part is stolen from her by her friend Beatrice, apparently only devoted to her studies.

1990 film by Ninì Grassia