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Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

This is a bit like a sandwich with

This is a bit like a sandwich with the bread in the middle and the filling on each side... Sophia Loren is the woman and Marcello Mastroianni the man and the results of these three short scenarios are really quite funny. The first sees her as "Adelina", married to the jobless "Carmine" and reduced to selling illicit cigarettes on the street whilst doing her best Queen Anne impersonation of being eternally pregnant. Why? Well she has discovered that so long as she is expecting she is pretty much untouchable by the carabinieri - and boy can she exploit that loophole, much to the exhaustion of her poor, and penniless, husband. Next she is "Anna" - the bored wife of a successful Brussels bureaucrat who takes struggling artist "Renzo" on a trip in her Rolls Royce - which he duly prangs. Let's just say - she doesn't exactly hang around to help with the tyre change. Finally, my favourite of the triptych. She is "Mara" - a lady who likes to entertain fine gentlemen in her apartment. One afternoon she espies some young eyes watching her from the neighbouring apartment. Dressed only in a sheet she flirts a little, only to discover that when he walks into view, he is a priest. "Umberto" (Gianni Ridolfi) looks like butter wouldn't melt but is immediately smitten by this sophisticated woman, much to the furious annoyance of his grandmother (Tina Pica) and to her travelling date "Augusto" (MM). When the young man declares a change of heart on his life of religious observance, the three adults have to find a way of putting him back on his true path - but will they manage? The central feature is just a little short, the first maybe a touch too long - it does (no pun intended) rather labour the joke, but the concluding part is funny with the accumulating chemistry between the two stars and the savvy Pica working well to finish off a story of mischief in which it's usually Loren who pulls the strings. Mastroianni is very natural here and I couldn't help but feel sorry for him as he seemed to end up out-manoeuvred however he played his cards. It's got a jolly Trovajoli score that substitutes quite nicely for dialogue some of the time, and is really one of De Sica's easier films to sort of glide through, enjoyably.

Reviewed by alicecbr

What Glorious Beauty in Italy!!!

Yes, the stories are funny and heart-warming...all three of them. And Sophia Loren ALMOST makes you think she's as mean as the millionairess she portrays, talking of her 'humanity to man' while blowing all other cars off the road, bumping into them at stop signs and screaming at poor Marcello Mastroanni for crashing the Rolls rather than hitting a child. Knowing how long Sophia longed for a child, one felt great sympathy for her as she diapered her many children in order to stay out of jail. Italy had a law similar to the English' of 'pleading her belly' to which Sophia and Marcello conform through the births of seven children. The tale of the young priest, the prostitute and the increasingly frustrated 'client' is very well acted, and you can feel the mounting passion of poor Mastroanni as every act gets interrupted at the worst moment.Of course, I love looking at the towns of Naples, Milan and Rome with all the old streets 'unspoiled' by the modernization of today. Check this one out for some excellent acting in widely divergent roles for both Loren and Mastroanni. No wonder the Museum of Fine Arts has Mastroanni festivals....one for Loren is equally called for. They both act with their eyes, their mouths and their entire bodies!!!

Reviewed by ehn1263 8 / 10

Interesting point in De Sica's career

This very enjoyable film may be a let down for someone expecting the heights of De Sica's Neorealist masterpieces like The Bicycle Thief or Two Women. However it is very funny in parts and is pointedly critical of Italian society in the boom years of the 1960s. Also Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni are absolutely stunning to watch.

For people interested in Italy it is a fascinating commentary on the country that can border on stereotype. Naples (De Sica's hometown) is warm and happy and filled with clever types ready to outwit the system and find their own way to happiness. Milan is cold, rich, and callous. Rome is dominated by the Catholic church and the State with plenty of hypocrisy and corruption. But De Sica finds some humor in all of this.

I found it a little too sentimental but well worth watching. I wish a better (undubbed) print were available. De Sica's career was given a boost by the success of the movie and he would continue to make more great films like The Garden of the Finzi-Contini's and the underrated A Brief Vacation that focus on the injustices of the State and the hardships faced by working people.

Ieri, oggi, domani

1963 [ITALIAN]

Action / Comedy / Romance

Ieri, oggi, domani

1963 [ITALIAN]

Action / Comedy / Romance

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This is a bit like a sandwich with

What Glorious Beauty in Italy!!!

Interesting point in De Sica's career

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