Gabriella, a young twenty-five year old from Milan , is married to the lawyer Bernasconi, a middle-aged man, without scruples, who in the past had been the lover of Gabriella's mother. Gabriella falls in love with Franco, an airplane test pilot. Her husband, however, is not willing to grant her a divorce.
Laura Morante
as Gabriella Bernasconi
Bruno Ganz
as Franco Bassani
Claudine Auger
as Madre di Gabriella
Ivan Desny
as Avvocato Bernasconi
Cinzia de Ponti
as Cinzia
Gabriele Villa
as Roberto
Pierangelo Pozzato
as Police Commissioner