
Three different stories of Italian social mores are presented. In "Adelina", unemployed Carmine Sbaratti and his wife Adelina Sbaratti survive through Adelina selling black market cigarettes on the street. They are unable to pay for the furniture they bought (which is under Adelina's name), but are able to avoid the bailiff when he comes for the money or to repossess. They come up with a longer term solution to avoid Adelina being prosecuted for non-payment, but that solution... (Full plot summary below)
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Three different stories of Italian social mores are presented. In "Adelina", unemployed Carmine Sbaratti and his wife Adelina Sbaratti survive through Adelina selling black market cigarettes on the street. They are unable to pay for the furniture they bought (which is under Adelina's name), but are able to avoid the bailiff when he comes for the money or to repossess. They come up with a longer term solution to avoid Adelina being prosecuted for non-payment, but that solution has a profound effect on the family, especially Carmine. In "Anna", Anna Molteni, the spoiled wife of a successful businessman, and an artist named Renzo are on the cusp of an affair. Anna is feeling neglected in the marriage, as her husband seems more concerned about success and money than her. But a car accident shows both Anna and Renzo if an affair with each other is really what they want. In "Mara", Mara is a prostitute who works out of her apartment. She befriends Umberto, a young man visiting his grandparents who live in the adjacent apartment, the balconies of the two apartments which are adjoined. Umberto, a seminary student, seems to be attracted to Mara as a woman without really knowing what she does. Umberto's grandmother, who knows what Mara does, believes Umberto's seeming romantic infatuation with Mara will be his downfall. As Mara and Umberto's grandmother ultimately join forces to get Umberto to do the right thing in life, Augusto Rusconi, one of Mara's regular clients who is in town from Bologna, does whatever he can to get Umberto's family issues out of the way so that he can get on with his own wants with Mara.
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| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonNot at the same level as Bicycle Thieves or Umberto D., but it's another masterpiece all the same, bringing a much-needed humor, warmth, and sexuality to the director's work. |
| Film4Anton BitelDe Sica may seduce us with his breezy comedy but concealed beneath is his usual preoccupation with class, making the laughs in Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow delightfully brittle. |
| User ReviewChiara CSpicy and hilarious, a Classic! Highly recommended. |
| User ReviewVictoria WMarcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren make a wonderful pair in this comendy. Sophia Loren's strip-tease in the final installment (there are three of them in this movie) is probably one of the most sexually charged scenes in all of filmdom. Finally, de Sica has done a happy movie! YAY! |
| User ReviewVictoria GAbsolutely brilliant. Three stories that, in a very Italian way, show us how life revolves around sex. Loren and Mastroianni, both at their prime, EXUDE sex. Sophia in particular gives three amazing performances, which overshadow somehow Marcello's, also very good though somewhat one-note. In any case, it's a great movie! |
| User ReviewJohn Thomas BOne ofthe sexiest striptease in film history, Also a very practical italian comedy |
| User ReviewEric HMs Loren is stunning in this triple dip of sexy Italian comedy. She shows her acting chops as well as her timeless beauty with costar Marcello Mastroianni providing a superb romantic second fiddle. The two make a beautiful couple & Mastroianni has a terriffic comedic flair. The locations look like ...read morethe real Italy. If your a Sophia Loren fan, you will like this movie. |
| User ReviewLida DI love the third episode! Sophia as Mara is so sexy and Marcello is so desperate:-) And the scene with the fridge... excellent! |
| User ReviewMancy MI loved this anthology! All of Sofia's characters are so bold and cheeky. And poor handsome Marcello, what the man will go through for his lover. He is so cute as the tired and over-sexed Carmine. |
| User ReviewSuveera AThe Ultimate Italian Couple Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni amazingly portrayed as lovers not just once, but 3 times over in this delightfully fun comedy which features 3 short film story vignettes. Sophia Loren is all-around stunningly sublime, most especially while performing her world-famous sexy striptease. Before seeing this, I've personally always been a hard-core voyeur but finally and completely understood its true meaning - all thanks to Loren!!! |