Inspired by the tales of Boccaccio, Aretino and Bandello, the movie is divided into five episodes, with the cuckolded husband as main theme.
In the episode "The Cucumber Ciccillo", the husband becomes trusting that a cucumber, peddled by the magician and healer Ciccillo as a panacea for everything female, will be the antidote to heal the terrible boredom of his wife.