To avoid money troubles and have a wider life, Vittoria, daughter of employees of modest means, lived for three years with Ricardo, a young embassy attaché. But this life without love tires the young woman, and despite Ricardo's pleas, she breaks up with him. She then meets at the Stock Exchange, where she finds her mother who plays to occupy her leisure time, a young stockbroker with whom she tries to learn to love again. But the young man will disappoint her and Vittoria will soon rediscover the bitter taste of solitude ...