Mirella Zardo

In 1940s Venice, after twenty years' marriage, retired art critic Nino Rolfe and his younger wife Teresa feel their passion waning. To help her shed her inhibitions and rekindle their relationship, the professor records his sexual fantasies in a diary.

In 1950s northern Italy, a woman tests her fiancé's love and passion by trying to break his commitment to premarital chastity.