Nunzia Fumo

"La casa de la sonrisa" es el nombre de la residencia de ancianos en la que ingresa Adelina, después de soportar muchos años de existencia gris y rutinaria. El nombre del lugar encaja perfectamente con ella: en su juventud ganó el premio Miss Sonrisa y su rostro sigue siendo risueño. En "La casa de la sonrisa", el amor, la pasión, la amistad o la envidia siguen vivos...

Don Arpagone es un avaro que recurre a toda clase de argucias para evitar que nadie se lleve su dinero, incluido el Vaticano, que, por medio del cardenal Spinose, intenta apoderarse de su fortuna. La hija del avaro está enamorada del secretario de su padre, y el hijo lo está de la hija de Doña Lucrecia, una mujer arruinada tras la muerte de su marido. Pero pronto se descubrirá que el marido de ésta vive y que el secretario de Arpagone es, en realidad, el hijo de un rico caballero. El avaro se entrevista con el Papa y denuncia al Cardenal, que es desterrado por el Papa.

Teresa is a nurse and does not have an easy life: her husband plays poker and next to her she sleeps only and the father organizes the illegal lot among the sick. So one night Teresa is involved, in spite of herself, in a whirlwind of ambiguous situations, together with Ferdinando and Friariello, met by chance, between camorristi, dog races and a bingo of which he unknowingly becomes the prize. But "has to pass" to "nuttata", this is certain, but how?

Three episodes about the relativity of time.

In Naples, Professor Bellavista is a retired man, passionate about the philosophy and thought of Ancient Greece. Every day, in his luxurious apartment, he teaches his lessons of life to the poor-nothing (his friends), who are dazzled by his reasoning. One day, however, the quiet life of the building of Bellavista will be disturbed by the arrival of a director of Milan. Between Naples and Milan there contrast, because the Neapolitans are accustomed to enjoy a quiet life, always based on the "philosophy of pleasure and delay", while the northern Italians are very strict and punctual.

Nápoles, año 1943, en plena Segunda Guerra Mundial. La ciudad acaba de ser liberada por las tropas americanas en una época en la que nadie sabe cuándo acaba la guerra ni dónde empieza la paz; vencedores y vencidos se enfrentan...

Guido Massacesi, un hombre casado y con un hijo de diez años, debe trasladarse al norte de Italia a visitar a su padre, gravemente enfermo. Decide llamar a una antigua amiga para que le acompañe durante el viaje, pero ésta prefiere no ir y que su amiga Anita aproveche la ocasión. Anita es una turista americana que acepta inocentemente viajar con un desconocido, a condición de poder ver la torre de Pisa antes de abandonar Italia.

Parigi O Cara is probably the most camp in the history of Italian cinema, certainly a favourite with the GLBT community who quote its lines by heart. Unique as it's the only film where Franca Valeri (now 90) is the unquestioned star, in the role of Delia, a snobbish, stingy prostitute who is moving to Paris looking for greener and more lucrative pastures. An anti-neorealist, amoral, almost abstract comedy, which anticipates Almodóvar, a ferocious, though gentle, non-moralistic portrayal of the 60's boom and its broken dreams. The dialogue between Delia and her brother (played by Fiorenzo Fiorentini), when he does (or does not) tell her he is a homosexual, is memorable, a primordial coming-out, a masterpiece of allusions. But what makes it one of the first examples of a film with a "gay point of view" is the approach: perceptive, non-conformist, caustically witty. A film ahead of its times, still unbeaten.

Michele, a young mechanic, is in love with Angela Antonia, beautiful but capricious: the girl's father, once he learns of the relationship, has him fired from the place where he works and is forced to move to Naples. He asks for hospitality from his aunt Carmela, concierge in a building, but she has no vacancies and arranges him as Donna Tecla, the owner of a pension who, having three young daughters eager to get married, hopes to arrange at least one. But the three girls are not the best of beauty and Michele, gifted with a beautiful voice, agrees to sing in a club on behalf of an impresario who becomes his friend.

A young couple, Renato and Maria, struggle to provide for their young daughter Pia.