A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon-father's body only to discover dad died with his mistress of long standing.
Time after time, soldiers of the Italian Army are forced to leave their mountain trenches in attempts to storm an enemy fortress, always with the same disastrous results. As casualties mount, indignation spreads among the rank and file. Disturbed by his superiors' decisions, Lieutenant Sassu is led to question the purpose of war and reconsider where his real duties lie.
University protester, follower of Marx, Mao and Marcuse, Benito loves Patrizia, employed in a beauty institute, but she refuses to have more intimate relationships with her until the total revolution has triumphed. During a party, a bearded anarchist, nicknamed Garibaldi, proposes a change to Patrizia: her virginity for a car. The girl makes the boyfriend believe that he accepted the proposal. Promising to "fight the system from the inside" and since time passes and nothing happens, Benito allows himself to be "integrated" by the system.