Between Paula and his half old Xu man Roger, should be said that there is no true love, even if Paula wants to be her true feelings in this living, also at Roger from time to time with the woman's deception and concealment repeatedly before hitting the wall. Paula than the young teenager Philip entered the heroine lonely soul, to classical pattern of a kind of "Brahms", to Paula with sympathy and consideration, care, cherish, but classical love after all, there is no perfect knot, she finally Philip did not accept this precious feelings, but somehow back to the foot of multi ship Roger.
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艾连妮（英格丽·褒曼 Ingrid Bergman 饰）是一位生活在罗马的美国贵妇，每一天都过着不问世事养尊处优的生活。对于外面的世界究竟发生了什么，艾连妮并不清楚，也不感兴趣，她的全部精力都投注到了自己的小家之中。让艾连妮没有想到的是，自己的儿子麦克（Sandro Franchina 饰）竟然选择了自杀。麦克的死犹如一盆冷水瞬间浇头了艾连妮的全身，让她清醒了过来。
丧子之痛缓和之后，艾连妮决定投身于慈善事业中，她亲身走近贫穷的人们身边，给他们带来实质性的帮助。这些举动让艾连妮获得了灵魂的慰藉，她甚至决定从家里搬出来，和一些穷困潦倒的妓女们同吃同住。艾连妮的所作所为很快就激怒了丈夫。