During the 1994 general elections, a mechanic with a firm belief in communism, fearing that his party is about to lose, journeys to a northern village to instigate. He isn't there long before he encounters a beautiful hairdresser, with whom their debate is fiery as is his growing and impossible-to-hide passion for her. Although she too is intrigued with him, their disparate ideologies threaten to keep them apart.

菲利普和萨韦里奥分别娶了经营旅行社的季莉奥拉和卡泰里娜姐妹俩，两家人过着平静的生活。可是菲利普突然有了一个情人，并为此抛弃了妻子和女儿。萨韦里奥不断劝说他跟情人分手，回到家人身边，菲利普迫于压力假装离开了情人，却悄悄把情人艾丽斯安置在旅行社的一间仓库里。艾丽斯是一个色情影片的配音演员，她以仓库为家，聚集着一帮稀奇古怪的朋友，包括她的美丽的妹妹。一天晚上萨韦里奥来驱赶艾丽斯，却鬼使神差地爱上了她，当晚就留宿在艾丽斯家。菲利普得知后非常生气，两人展开了激烈地竞争，最后达成协议，两人轮流与艾丽斯相会，每人一晚。他们的妻子知道后，一怒之下把两个男人赶出家门。他们住进了一家小旅馆，每天晚上继续和艾丽斯约会。可是他们最终发现艾丽斯并不爱他们中的任何一个，只不过在利用他们，筹钱为妹妹治病。然而她也没能治好妹妹的病，她妹妹绝望自杀了，艾丽斯抛下了菲利普和萨韦里奥远走他乡，两个男人重新回到了妻子身边。