Scampolo

Scampolo is a young orphan in Rome who survives by doing all kinds of little jobs. Her only comforts in life are a little dog and an old professor who like to eat sugar. She's rejected by her drunken aunt because of the dog, and has to leave the house. Soon after, the dog dies. Scampolo then meets a young penniless engineering student, Sacchi, who's having an affair with an annoying "femme fatale", and she becomes his maid.