In a small town in Italy, Irma (Arida Valle Alida Valli)'s husband who works in Sydney dies, and she also decides to separate from her lover Aldo (Steve Colchen Steve Cochran). Aldo struggled to keep Irma in vain, so he left town with his young daughter Rosina. Aldo first went to find a woman who had always been in love with him, but Elvia,Aldo found that he could not fall in love with her, and then left. On the drifting road, Aldo looked everywhere for a job. First, at a gas station, the widow Virginia at the gas station offered him a job, and the two had a relationship. But soon Aldo left again, found a short-term job and met Andreina, a prostitute. The police passed by and Aldo had to leave. When he passed the gas station, Virginia told him that Irma had sent him a postcard. Aldo is on his way back to find Irma.