一个英国钢琴家,却是从不公开演奏的钢琴家,住在一所古老的大房子里。主人过着与世隔绝的日子,只与音乐为伍。而她,来自非洲,丈夫因政治而被抓,她不知缘何来到罗马,成了古怪钢琴家的房客、管家,挣来的钱念医学院 。她的音乐是充满节奏的,她也是活生生的,在为生存而奋斗。住在楼上的古怪的钢琴家以他奇怪的方式迷恋住在楼下的非洲女子。钢琴家有一天突然抓住那女子,说他爱她。她对钢琴家无动于衷,她说她结婚了,丈夫在非洲的监狱,“帮我把丈夫弄出来!”她说。他道歉,从此不再旧话重提。但是慢慢地,她发现老屋中的艺术品一件一件神秘地消失了,最后连钢琴都被吊走了,这时她接到了丈夫的信息,他要来了。她知道这是钢琴家变卖家产贿赂的结果。而她的选择呢?。imdb
Plot summary
Born in a small town in the countryside surrounding Pistoia, Adriana is an attractive young girl who counts on using her looks to go places in the entertainment business in Rome. Moving to the capital, she works first of all in a hairdressing salon, then in a small cinema where she manages to get a job working in fancy dress. Meantime, she socializes with young men of the upper middle classes, who take her to parties and out on the town with the sole aim of taking advantage of her. Adriana knows their game, but plays along. In the meantime, she meets an agent called Cianfanna, a modest money-grubber who introduces her to a journalist friend of his so he can write an article on her. Having thus launched her career in advertising, Adriana decides to go home to visit her parents. Once home, however, she is distraught to learn of the death of her sister. Returning to Rome, she takes acting lessons, but during one lesson she suddenly faints: she is pregnant, with no idea of who the father of her child is. The days go by and Adriana tries to forget about her pregnancy, while sleeping with an increasingly long list of lovers. And yet, despite the fact these encounters are often less than enjoyable, at one point she actually falls in love: his name is Antonio and he's a decent young man from a respectable family, but still in love with a former girlfriend he is unable to forget…。