Spring 1944. Half-destroyed, starving and poor Naples. On the coast, the Anglo-American allied forces have just landed. With the departure of the German army and the arrival of the allies, little has changed in the ruined life of the Italians. Men are at war—many are killed, and there is no work. Young Italian women are forced to earn a piece of bread through prostitution and, in search of a better life, try to marry an English or American soldier. The military authorities, fearing the spread of venereal diseases, try to put a barrier in the way of such marriages. British Army Captain James Gould, who has taken on the duties of a “marriage officer,” carries out the harshest screening among the women who want to marry…