Paolo Anselmi is a happily single man. He lives in a flat with a friend but is forced to leave when the friend gets married. He then goes to a boarding house where he flirts with a girl but ditches her when she proposes marriage. When he goes and visits his mother he finds out that she is also trying to find the right girl for him. Is he going to surrender this time?

1943年的巴黎，为了生计安托万米肖（阿兰德龙饰）不得不在占领区从事黑市生意

Pina确信“合适的男人”对她逃离她居住的意大利村庄的限制至关重要，于是她在报纸上登了一则广告。她收到了阿道夫的回复，阿道夫同意从他在罗马的住所前往探望她。随着倒叙揭示了他们的过去，关于他们将如何相互联系的悬念也在增加。