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.
as Flora
as Lola
as Mago Adam
as Alessandra
as figlia di Isabella
as Diomede
as maestro Pezzullo
as il professore
as l'allieva
as Sabrina
as cliente che discute con un cameriere
as Minini
as capo comico
as padre di Franco
as Arturo
as la bella sconosciuta
as Isabella
as Francesco
as cliente seduto da solo
as Duilio
as Vincenzo Petrosillo
as Susi