While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction.
Jill Clayburgh
as Caterina Silveri
Matthew Barry
as Joe Silveri
Veronica Lazăr
as Marina
Renato Salvatori
as Communist
Fred Gwynne
as Douglas Winter
Alida Valli
as Giuseppe's Mother
Elisabetta Campeti
as Arianna
Franco Citti
as Man in Bar
Roberto Benigni
as Upholsterer
Carlo Verdone
as Director of Caracalla
Peter Eyre
as Edward
Mustapha Barat
as Mustafa (as Stéphane Barat)
