Four short films by four different directors dealing with the principles of modern life. "Illibatezza" (Rossellini): The hostess Anna Maria, to dissuade an aggressive suitor who prefers maternal tendencies, assumes an unscrupulous attitude, obeying the suggestions of her distant boyfriend. "The New World" (Godard): The deflagration of an atomic bomb causes strange effects on the inhabitants of a city. "La ricotta" (Pasolini): During the filming of a film about a religious subject, the extra Stracci dies hanging on the cross due to an indigestion of ricotta. "Il pollo spante" (Gregoretti): While an expert illustrates to a board of merchants the most modern techniques to increase sales through the discovery of the secret self of the average consumer, the human story of a bourgeois who, following these suggestions, focuses on the purchase of a plot of land in the countryside.
Anna Maria (segment "Illibatezza")
Joe (segment "Illibatezza")
Air Hostess (segment "Illibatezza")
Husband (segment "Il nuovo mondo")
Alexandra (segment "Il nuovo mondo")
The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")
Stracci (segment "La ricotta")
Sonia, the 'Diva' (segment "La ricotta")
Another Diva (segment "La ricotta")
Ettore, the Angel (segment "La ricotta")
Togni (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
Togni's Wife (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
The Son (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
The Daughter (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
Stripteaser (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Operaio nella Filmazione (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Woman at Banquet (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Productor's Wife (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
(segment "Il nuovo mondo") (uncredited)
Stracci's Daughter (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
(segment "Il nuovo mondo") (uncredited)
The Journalist (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
(segment "Il nuovo mondo") (voice) (uncredited)
Man in the Tableau-Vivant (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Centurione (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Operaio nella Filmazione (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Visitor (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Religious Figure (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
The Psichiatrist (segment "Illibatezza") (uncredited)
Anna-Maria's Boyfriend (segment "Illibatezza") (uncredited)