马塞洛（让-路易斯·特林提格南特 Jean-Louis Trintignant 饰）是意大利法西斯组织的一员，他的新任务是到巴黎除掉他以前大学时候的教授 卢克·夸德里（Enzo Tarascio 饰），一个反法西斯组织的成员。于是马塞洛以和未婚妻朱利亚（斯蒂芬尼娅·桑德雷莉 Stefania Sandrelli 饰）到巴黎度蜜月为借口，到教授家拜访。和马塞洛一起执行任务的还有伪装成他的司机的曼加涅略（Gastone Moschin 饰)。在教授家，马塞洛被教授的年轻妻子安娜（多米尼克·桑达 Dominique Sanda 饰）深深吸引。马塞洛的同伴曼加涅略不断催促他除掉教授，然而他迟迟不愿下手。曼加涅略得知了教授和他的妻子将到野外去，于是准备独自进行刺杀任务......
本片根据意大利小说家阿尔贝托·莫拉维亚的同名作品改编。

保罗（米歇尔·皮寇利 Michel Piccoli 饰）与卡米尔（碧姬·芭铎 Brigitte Bardot 饰）是一对幸福的夫妻，保罗剧作家的工作也足以保证他们的衣食无忧。一次，制片人普罗可修（杰克·帕兰斯 Jack Palance 饰）邀请这对夫妻参加一个会谈，在会谈之中，面对着滔滔不绝的丈夫，卡米尔的心中第一次浮现出了一种名为“轻蔑”的可怕情感。
随着时间的推移，这种情感非但没有减弱，反而越来越强烈，强烈到她已经无法再像以前那样的对丈夫施以深刻的爱意。同时，英俊帅气的普罗可修吸引了卡米尔的注意，两人越走越近。当奸情败露后，保罗大发雷霆，可卡米尔和普罗可修却毫不在意的驾驶着豪车扬长而去，哪知道，悲剧性的命运正在前方等待着他们。

Leo (Rod Steiger) is an aristocrat whose family fortunes have plummeted in this downbeat melodrama. He seeks to reverse his money problems by courting the wealthy Mariagrazia (Paulette Goddard), throwing over his former lover Lisa (Shelley Winters) in his quest to continue his posh lifestyle. Mariagrazia is too caught up in the attention of the charming, conniving Leo to notice that he also makes a play for her daughter Carla (Claudia Cardinale). Mariagarzia continues to want Leo even after he gains control of family fortune and property. Meanwhile, Carla's brother Michele (Tomas Milian) takes up with the jilted Lisa. Finally, in a most poignant scene, the ailing matron finally realizes she has been used by Leo. Excellent performances all around.
~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

改编自美国J.凯恩的小说《邮差总按二次铃》，完成于1941年，在剧本必须由法西斯政府审查的拍摄条件下，维斯康提把这个通奸谋杀亲夫的畸恋故事，拍成充满绝望宿命气息的作品。
片中一方面是出身贫家的女主角，身不由己嫁给肥胖粗俗的酒店老板，她完全没有逃脱被豢养（并不时被羞辱）生活的勇气，而男主角则是个流浪的无业游民，他经不起女主角的诱惑，犯下致命的罪行，艰困的社会生活条件，明确烘托出男女主角各自别无选择、一拍即合的宿命孽缘。初执导演筒的维斯康提，在片中已经展现他后期作品中最大的特色：对人物不克自拔情欲心理的细腻描画，在饮食间两性对对方身体的凝视中，维斯康提把艰困的物质生活和不受拘束的内心肉欲作了明确的并列，弥补了通奸过程的简略。

"La giornata balorda" is the story of a 20-year-old youth's one-day search for a job that would spell security and decency for himself, the teenager he has not been able to marry and their three-week-old son... it was banned in Italy -- not because of sexual or anti-religious content, but because of its depiction of Italian society.

阿尔贝托·莫拉维亚（Alberto Moravia），二十世纪最伟大的意大利小说家，他不仅是一位优秀的现实主义作家，出版了包括《冷漠的人们》《罗马女人》《烦闷》等近三十部短篇和长篇小说，以及不少评论集和游记等等，而且还是一位出色的编剧，新现实主义导演德西卡的《两个女人》《昨天今天与明天》，戈达的《轻蔑》，贝托鲁奇的《同流者》等很多电影都是改编自他的剧本或小说。
但也有很多人不知道的是，莫拉维亚在一九五一年曾经自编自导过一部短片，而这部名叫《太阳的罪恶》的短片也成为他一生中唯一的电影作品，随着时间的流逝，这部拍摄于五十多年前的短片早已淡忘出人们的记忆，到现在几乎没人再提到它也很难找到相关的介绍了，然而当我重新打开这些尘封久远的影像时，依然不禁为莫拉维亚在片中对当时意大利上流社会人们内心的冷漠和堕落所作的描绘而感到震惊。
透过一扇普通的窗户我看到了两个世界，一边是和煦的阳光下的一场谋杀，另一边是精致的房间中穿着华贵的上流社会女人的冷眼旁观，内心的残忍与外在的残忍相比永远是最可怕的，那一刻仿佛阳光也显得异常冰冷。窗外的女人被枪杀时，她的脸上也曾掠过一丝惊讶，然而却很快归于平静，甚至当男人想出去救人时，她却阻止了他，“自然会有人来的，用不着我们管。”在某一瞬间我觉得她应该认识窗外的女人，甚至希望她死去，因为她希望自己身边的男人摆脱与那个女人的关系而和她在一起？抑或这一切都是她精心策划的棋局？
同时影片对女主人公细节的刻画也非常成功，一个高傲的意大利贵妇，有着强烈的占有欲，希望男人拜倒在自己的脚下，一切都追求奢华，甚至连点支烟都要选择自己精美的银制打火机而拒绝男人递过来的火，然而她的内心却如磐石一样冷漠甚至险恶。与多年的好友帕索里尼一样，莫拉维亚的作品也是以揭露人性黑暗的一面著名，而和帕氏电影中所常用的隐喻，寓言手法不同的是，莫拉维亚的影像却是一针见血的新现实主义，无论从摄影机的运动，镜头拍摄的角度还是音乐上来说都是典型的新现实主义风格，用血淋淋的事实直白地描绘出资产阶级的腐朽生活和冷漠心灵，虽然只有短短六分钟，但带给观看者的震撼却绝对不亚于一部长片。
阿尔贝托·莫拉维亚，意大利作家，1907年11月28日生于罗马，少年时因病卧床治疗多年，后又长期疗养，他以顽强的意志和强烈的求知欲刻苦自学，阅读了大量文学作品。他自称疾病和法西斯统治是决定他人生道路的两个重要因素。
1929年发表处女作《冷漠的人们》，这部使莫拉维亚一举成名的长篇小说采用心理分析手法，描绘置身于污秽现实的资产者被私利主宰道德，冷漠扼杀热情，暗喻资产阶级的伪善和冷漠是意大利法西斯主义滋长的土壤。小说问世不久即遭法西斯当局查禁。
在此后面世的《未曾实现的抱负》，《阿古斯蒂诺》，《违抗》，《随波逐流的人》，《鄙视》等作品中，莫拉维亚塑造了一系列具有民族和时代特征的典型形象 - 精神空虚，庸俗自私，意志薄弱的“随波逐流者”，他们偶尔也企图“违抗”现实，冲破环境的精神牢笼，但最终总是抛弃自己的“抱负”向现实妥协。艺术上它们侧重客观主义的描写和心理分析，也有些作品跳出这种题材框架。《假面舞会》含沙射影，抨击墨索里尼独裁统治，被墨索里尼下令查禁；短篇集《瘟疫》运用大胆的想象和夸张，嘲讽资本主义社会的畸形现象。
反法西斯抵抗运动和新现实主义文学的崛起，对莫拉维亚的创作产生了影响。长篇小说《罗马女人》，短篇集《罗马故事》，《罗马故事新编》等等，都是作家把目光投向下层社会的成果。它们描写小人物的辛酸境遇，以平民的眼光来审视和批评资产阶级社会。《乔恰里亚女人》剖示了墨索里尼政权崩溃和德国法西斯入侵期间错综复杂的情势。
从60年代起，异化成为贯串莫拉维亚创作的主题。长篇《愁闷》，《注意》，《我和它》以及《不由自主》，《天堂》等6部短篇集，致力于表现当代资产者无所适从，颓丧苦闷的精神危机。《内心生活》借采访形式，女主人公自叙对资产者家庭和社会的反叛经过，成为震动西方的1968年学生造反运动时期社会生活的折射。《1934》探讨人的双重性，而《注视者》和《罗马之行》则具有某种自传色彩。
莫拉维亚还写过剧本，如《琴姬》，《生活是游戏》等，还有文艺评论集《人就是目的》。他长期担任文艺刊物《新论证》的主编和欧洲议会议员。
影片中ROITRE是著名的意大利电视电影台的标志，可能是目前世界上播放艺术电影最强的一个台了，什么少见的好东西那里都能看到，意大利佬是幸福啊

The son of a dead Italian nobleman and a wealthy American woman forgets the disappointment of finding he has no talent for being a painter by succumbing to the sexual advances of an amoral model who believes in indiscriminate love affairs.

On New Year's Eve, an insecure, struggling actress (Anna Magnani) has nothing to do. When a colleague invites her to a New Year's party, she jumps at the opportunity. Accidentally she runs into an old acting acquaintance (Toto), who is helping a professional pickpocket (Ben Gazzara) steal from people during the hustle-bustle of New Year's Eve festivities. During the course of the evening, they have numerous crazy, humorous adventures all over Rome at different parties, restaurants, and even the Trevi fountain. Magnani's character (Tortorella) falls for Gazzara's character (Lello) without knowing what he's up to, while Toto tries to placate them both. Written by Miriam Kramer

已届中年的哲学教师马丁（Charles Berling 饰）婚姻突变，与妻子苏菲长期分居。他内心倍感空虚，似乎与周围的一切都格格不入。某夜马丁流连夜店，出手帮助了一位因忘带酒钱而被保镖刁难的潦倒画家梅斯（Robert Kramer 饰）。梅斯将自己的契约留给马丁，答应过几天偿还酒钱。三天后马丁登门拜访，却发现画家已于头天下午跟一名女孩做爱过程中死亡。
总是对一切都充满怀疑的马丁出于好奇，走进了那名单纯且神秘的女孩西西莉娅（Sophie Guillemin 饰）的生活。每日里等待西西莉娅的到来，给他阔别已久的肉体欢愉……

Episode one: The Happy child :
The fourth child of a poor couple, whom live in Halabiabad (a dispossessed place in Tehran), is born. In the maternity they tell them that if the child does not have good nutrition he would become paralyzed as well. The couple, who have 3 retarded and handicapped children- as a result of family marriage-know that because of poverty they cannot take care of their newborn child and they are worried that he would encounter the same fate as the other three children. They decide to make their child prosperous and they take him to a sanitarium for handicapped and retarded children but very soon the bitter future of the child comes into the mother’s mind. Then they decide to put the child in the way so that a good person takes the child with him and makes him prosperous but no one would take the child, but poor people and for making money. Eventually they leave the child by the swimming pool of an aristocratic house and leave, unaware of the fact that the child ends up in the sanitarium of handicapped and retarded children once again.
Episode two: Birth of an old woman :
A young boy, who has psychic signs in his behavior and words, nurses his old and handicapped mother, who does not even have the ability to talk, with patience and comprehension in an humble house. One day when he leaves the house towards the bank to get his monthly pension, he has an accident with a vehicle and the passersby steal his money. The young boy, who is worried about his mother’s conditions escapes from the hospital with a bandaged head, while the old woman has died in his absence. But in the house he still treats her mother as if she is alive.
Episode three: The peddler :
A group of smugglers who have unlawful activities under the cover of selling second hand clothes, take a peddler, who was their accomplice and witness of their crime, with themselves by force to kill him. The young peddler, who has arguments with the leader of the group over his life all the time, is thinking of escaping from this predicament, but all these escapes are only in his mind…

15岁的德西黛丽娅原本是个私生女，由富孀薇奥拉收养。在这个资产阶级家庭，胖姑娘德西黛丽娅的所有生活都被她浮华的养母忽略，悻悻不满。她从养母的身上看到了富人的冷酷自私和荒淫无耻，终于有了爆发的时刻。一天晚上，德西黛丽娅被薇奥拉与财产管理人蒂贝里以及法国女仆在家中客厅做爱的响声骚扰而发现苟合之事，以致于激怒养母。于是，可怜的姑娘决定服药自杀。自杀未遂的德西黛丽娅住院治疗期间，减肥成功，出落成一个美女。她回到家里并开始实施她的反叛复仇之心，决心以自身力量亵渎社会上貌似神圣的一切——宗教、家庭、婚姻、金钱、信仰、爱情、道德和教养......