Alex is meeting his soon to be ex-wife Ingrid, and wants to give the impression that he is still down on his luck instead of living in a penthouse with Diane. Therefore he gets his downstairs neighbor Vittorio to lend him his messy studio. Unfortunately, Vittorio's wife Marilù is passed out drunk in the bedroom as Ingrid and Alex find themselves still attracted to one another. Also a shady businessman arrives on the scene to make a deal with Alex and is send to the wrong apartment.