A widow goes to Italy from South Africa to find out whether or not her late husband's five nephews are worthy of his inheritance...
A film made up of four episodes: a jar repairer gets trapped in a vat because of his hunch; a young unmarried mother is forced to beg to buy herself a fan; Rosario Chiarchiaro appears before a law court for casting spells; the discomfort of an overtight jacket gives a wedding witness the strength to persuade the bridegroom's reluctant parents to bless his union.
A prison warden keeps a diary in which he writes about the convicts he meets and their lives.
