Giulietta (Felllini s real-life wife and La Strada star Giulietta Masina) is a somewhat frumpy, naive, timid and unfulfilled housewife. Suspecting her husband s infidelity, she enters a surreal journey of self-discovery filled with wild dreams and enchanting fantasies, much of which involve her sexually liberated neighbour Suzy (Sandra Milo, 8 ½ ) and her impossibly glamorous sixties lifestyle!