On the day of his forced retirement, a grumpy school principal decides, together with his neighbour, to search for a wife on the Internet...
A Czech dissident with memory loss is being manipulated by shady characters to perform an assassination for them.
The successful photographer Diane is in Rome for a photo assignment, but seems mostly to be looking for Giovanni, an old acquaintance and probably a lover. Against the backdrop of the political situation, which is strained due to the attacks by the Red Brigades, Diane and Giovanni hopelessly pass each other by.