In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of...
A paralyzed young woman falls in love with her cousin's boyfriend without ever seeing him, only through his relative's descriptions. After her death, the girl comes down to earth to spend an evening with her lover. The latter promises to follow her soon.
When young Lucia attempts suicide by jumping from a train, she meets a man to whom she explains what has driven her to this. He, a former doctor, has his own demons and their conversation might just help both to face their future.