At her husband's funeral, a Jewish mother encounters her late husband's Italian friend who secretly loved her. He had previously advised her husband against leaving home, causing tension between her and her two divorced daughters.

At her husband's funeral, Pearl (Shirley MacLaine), Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend (Marcello Mastroianni) of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. For 23 years he, now a widower, has secretly loved Pearl...—<[email protected]>