The quiet life of a lower-middle-class couple in Rome—she works at the post office, he is a bus driver—is disrupted by the obsessive courtship of Saverio, a young, mentally unstable, and hypersensitive man who is in love with the woman. She is embarrassed; he, after overcoming his initial impulses of aggressive jealousy, tries to understand the intruder and his differences, feeling a bit like a saint and a bit like a fool. A strong initial idea, developed without digressions or sentimental demagoguery, with a conclusion that offers a glimmer of hope for the young Saverio. A fine trio of performers, a solid dramatic framework, and a suggestive and functional musical score with klezmer (Jewish-Balkan) sounds.