Rome, 1880. Gregorio has decided to close his bakery, the family business. Then he tells his sons Pippo, Mario and daughter Teta that they will have to fend for themselves. But newly married Irene, Pippo's wife, a beautiful, calculating and ambitious young woman, wants to take over the inheritance. Acting on intelligence, weighing every step and its consequences, she manages to...。一九一三年,上海洋泾浜地区。黄包车夫董同庆因生活所迫,将女儿阿媛卖到富春院去做清官人,此时她刚满十三岁。破旧的小屋里,娘姨在为她束胸,梳妆打扮,母亲口中念念有词,求菩萨保佑女儿,而阿媛却一直在期盼着父亲的到来。当晚,小阿媛由轿夫抬进了富春院。。