简介：MarioBartoloniisaMilaneseemployeeoftheCartierchainwhoisofferedanexchangeofheadquartersinRomewithhiscolleagueMarini.Intheagreementthereisalsotheexchangeofthehousebetweenthetwocolleagues.HearrivesinRomeafteraterriblejourney,inwhichhiscarandsuitcasearestolen,andhealsoforgetshiscoatinthetaxithathadaccompaniedhimtohisnewhome.InthecapitalMariofurnisheshisnewapartment,butsoonafterdiscoversthattheentirebuildingisunderevictionbytheownerofthebuilding,CountessSalviati.Findinghimselfhomeless,heveryinsistentlyconvinceshiscolleagueAldotohosthim,who,tomakehimgoawayassoonaspossible,alwaysquarrelswithhiswife,evenwhenMariowantstosleep,andintheendhecoalesceswithher,althoughtheynevergoaway.heagrees,andaskshertoseducehim,sothatAldopretendstosurprisethem,makingMariofeelguilty,andsohemanagestokickhimoutofthehouse.MariothentriestoseducehiscolleagueElvira,wealthybutugly,toattackthehat,discoveringhoweverthatshealreadyhasaroughRomanlover.…