 Two beautiful young women kill men in a villa in Tuscany: Maya and Cora have been friends since childhood. Maya has an alcoholic artist father who deserted the family, a mentally disturbed mother and a violent brother, Carlo. Cora is from a wealthy middle-class family. Cora helps Maya to poison Carlo s friend Detlef, who is threatening to blackmail her. They then kill Carlo when he tries to rape Cora. Cora s family takes Maya in, and a happy time begins for her, particularly when they spend the summer in Italy.