Mario, a rich and eccentric war hero befriends Marco, a loner with a sailboat, and takes him home to meet his estranged wife Cleofe and sexually repressed sister in law Matilde. Mario confesses his love for Matilde and so ensues a love triangle.
Ugo Tognazzi
as Orimbelli
Patrick Dewaere
as Marco Maffei
Ornella Muti
as Matilde
Lia Tanzi
as Landina
Gabriella Giacobbe
as Cleofe
Katia Tchenko
as Charlotte
Karina Verlier
as Germaine
Franco Sangermano
as Mazzoleni - the Examining Magistrate
Piero Mazzarella
as Brighenti
Renzo Ozzano
as Warrant Officer Gambino
Rosa Maria Calogero
as Martina (as Francesca Juvara)
Giuseppe Brugnarolo
as