Giuseppe Grimaldi is a tailor who has a number of other activities. Gianni makes a good living with bills of exchange. Mario loves all (beautiful) women except his wife Lisa who, however, has the money and a son, Giorgino. Renzino has a lover and a daughter, but does not disdain other adventures. This group of 40-year-olds spends their lives doing small hours in search of easy, superficial adventures among Achille's continuous jokes and between Rome, Sabaudia, and Paris intertwining of money and women; their children seem wiser than they are.