Synopsis:

The famous landmark in the heart of Rome, the scintillating and fast paced world of fashion, high society, political corruption and the mafia are the threads connecting a collection of dramatic and touching stories about the universal quest for love, power and money. A beautiful, working-class sales girl dreams of becoming an international top model. A ruthless young photographer resorts to blackmail to reach the top and subsequently engineers his own tragic fate. An estranged husband returns after twenty years overseas seeking to regain acceptance from his abandoned wife and daughter. A businessman from the south comes to the big city hoping to clinch the deal that will make him millions, only to get entangled with the mafia. His scheming and ambitious daughter is determined at all cost to become the reigning queen of Rome’s exclusive nightlife. She pits herself against the current social star, a sophisticated and jaded noblewoman. A care-free and affable playboy hires himself out as a “gigolo” to ward off impending financial disaster. These are just some of the many characters that find their lives entwined and down over again to the Spanish Steps.