LivingwithherfatherandstepmotherinNaples，Annaisveryunhappyasherstepmotherhindersherattemptstoliveherownlife.Whileherparentsareaway，shegoesoutwithCarlo，butfindsherselflockedoutwhenshecomeshome.ThisangersCarloandheasksAnnatogoawaywithhimtoRome，whereheplanstoliquidatehisbusinessassetsinordertohavemoneyformarriage.Hequarrelswithhispartnerandisimplicatedwhenhispartnerisfoundmurdered.Althoughinnocent，heisconvictedandgivenalongsentence.Annahasachildand，findingitimpossibletosupportherchild，returnstoNaples.Thestepmother'sconditionsarethatbeforeshewillagreetohousethechild，Annamustcommitherselftoareformatoryforunmarriedmothers。