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The attempts of a Muslim immigrant to bring his second wife from Algiers to Italy are chronicled in this Italian drama. In the Italian Constitution, article 2 allows citizens the freedom to practice their religion. Said, a factory worker in Milan, lives with his first wife Malika, and their three children in a small apartment. They are all Muslims. His second wife Fatma, stayed in Algeria to take care of his ailing father. When he dies, Fatma wants to join Said in Italy. But when she finally arrives with her three sons, the authorities will not allow her into the country as bigamy is illegal. But under Islamic law it is legal. The Italian government, despite article 2, is not sympathetic to Said's situation. Said fights for his second wife, but is at first, appalled to learn he has been assigned a female lawyer. Will he win the case?