This film is very much a docudrama which portrays the difficulties of Italian life circa 1963 due to the absence of a divorce law. Five scenarios with different actors portray realistic situations where divorce is clearly warranted but, because marriage was strictly in the purview of the Catholic Church at that time, which strictly forbade divorce, these people are shown to suffer the consequences in their daily lives. Italy got its first civilian divorce law in 1970.
Ugo Tognazzi
Annie Girardot
Romolo Valli
Didi Perego
Scilla Gabel
Gabriella Giorgelli
Renato Niccolai
Giuseppe Lo Presti
Enzo Robutti
Luigi Scavran
Gianpaolo Serra
Leonello Zanchi
Nando Angelini
Carlo Maria Badini
Armando Bertuccioli
Emy Eco
Franca Lumachi
Alberto Masini
Ghilka Matteuzzi
Mariangela Matteuzzi
Riccardo Ricci
Fleano Serra
Sandro Vignocchi
Isa Crescenzi
Marina Malfatti