An evening at an Italian restaurant. Hosted by tolerant and relaxed Flora, various parties of middle-class people come in -- large and small, young and old, regulars and tourists, married and single -- to dine, converse, argue, celebrate, make confessions; to overhear other people's discussions, to interrupt them, to sing, listen to music, and enjoy life. The camera, just like the people, moves constantly from table to table, into the kitchen and the back room to observe the staff's petty jealousies and frustrations -- until two hours later it's time for everybody to go home.
Fanny Ardant
as Flora
Nadia Carlomagno
as Lola
Antonio Catania
as Mago Adam
Francesca D'Aloja
as Alessandra
Eleonora Danco
as figlia di Isabella
Riccardo Garrone
as Diomede
Vittorio Gassman
as maestro Pezzullo
Giancarlo Giannini
as il professore
Marie Gillain
as l'allieva
Lea Karen Gramsdorff
as Sabrina
Carlo Molfese
as cliente che discute con un cameriere
Nello Mascia
as Minini
