This film, loosely based on the infamous novel by Raymond Radiguet, follows the highly passionate love affair between a shy and studious young man and an explosively sexual woman. Andrea Raimondi lives a quiet, simple life... until he meets Giulia Dozza. The two could hardly be more different: he´s from a stable middle-class family, while she comes from a politically rebellious clan that has suffered government persecution. But the two are determined to make their love work out in spite of everyone´s disapproval. A passionate story of love and attraction between a high school student and an extremely attractive but unpredictable woman detailing the excitement and emotional intensity of a forbidden relationship, and of youth in rebellion.