Reporter Marcello has a brief encounter with Irene while waiting for a train. A young woman who has lost her sight finds herself falling for the voice of a ship's captain she hears over a radio broadcast. Egle, a massage therapist who is soon to be married, finds herself pursuing one last fling with Gabriele -- though the odds are not in her favor, since he happens to be gay. Elena is a young woman with a child who wants to abandon her husband. And Carla wonders if she has any future at all with her lover -- who is married to someone else.
Marcello
Irene
Elena Rosa Guidotti
Anna, Elena Rosa's friend
Cristina, Carla's friend
Egle
Gabriele
Teresa
Andrea (voice)
Priscilla, Egle's colleague
The Lorry Driver
Carla
Carla's Neighbour
Luigi Settembrini, Marcello's friend
Carolina, Cristina's daughter
Patrizio, Priscilla's husband
Pinuccia, the tailor