Vitaliano Brancati

Catania, Italy. The Platania family hires a new French governess, the beautiful Caterina. The life of the whole family will be soon turned upside down.

From his youth, Paolo Castorini, a Sicilian baron, is as attracted to women as they to him. Giovanna, a servant girl, Lillian, a serious girlfriend in Rome, a hostess at a post-war party, Paolo makes love to them all. He also feels dissatisfied with a life only of the body, compared to his journalist friend Vincenzo and his own father, a sober and serious thinker. When his father is on his deathbed, Paolo learns of syphilis in the family and something of the curse of dissolution. Some years later, he resolves to marry Katrina, the pure daughter of the woman he should have married. He wants her purity to redeem him so he can make something of his life. But is it too late?

Giovanni Percolla lives in Catania surrounded by the attentive cares of his three sisters. He permanently acts like a Don Giovanni to hide his real poor "knowledge" of women. With his friend he moves also to Rome but women still continues to remain part of his fantasies. But Giovanni succeeded to build anyway a fame of "tombeur de femmes". One day he meets the real love of Maria Antonietta and decides to marry. Will things change?

Problems arise for Antonio Magnano when he is unable to consummate his marriage to the beautiful Barbara Puglisi and his virility is called into question. Despite the fact that he loves his beautiful wife and they have otherwise been happily married for a year, his problem becomes a source of contention for all concerned.

In this comedy Alberto Sordi plays Rosario Scimoni, known as Sasà, an opportunistic and unscrupulous guy, nephew of the mayor of Catania, and he's always ready to take sides with anyone who can help him. He switches from socialism to fascism; he changes his political faith the same way he changes women. He even tries to found his own party.

In this comedy Alberto Sordi plays Rosario Scimoni, known as Sasà, an opportunistic and unscrupulous guy, nephew of the mayor of Catania, and he's always ready to take sides with anyone who can help him. He switches from socialism to fascism; he changes his political faith the same way he changes women. He even tries to found his own party.

풍족한 생활의 남부럽지 않은 영국인 부부 캐서린과 알렉스 조이스는 그동안 연락이 없었던 호머 삼촌이 그들에게 유산으로 남겨준 별장을 처분하기 위해 나폴리로 향한다. 결혼해서 살면서 아무 일없이 살았었지만 일상을 벗어나 단둘만이 있게 된 그들은 서로를 전혀 모른다는 사실을 깨닫게 되고 그들은 그렇게 위기를 맞게 된다. 캐서린은 나폴리로, 알렉스는 우연히 만난 줄리의 친구들과 카프리섬으로 각자의 여행길로 떠난다. 이들 둘은 각기 이탈리아 여행 도중 많은 유혹과 고독에 시달리며 방황을 반복하며 다시 집으로 돌아오지만 그들에게 변한것은 아무것도 없었다. 그러던 중 화산 폭발로 멸망한 폼페이 유물 발굴 형장에서 함께 죽음을 맞이한 부부 한쌍의 석고상을 보고 그들은 또 다른 감동을 받게 되는데...

풍족한 생활의 남부럽지 않은 영국인 부부 캐서린과 알렉스 조이스는 그동안 연락이 없었던 호머 삼촌이 그들에게 유산으로 남겨준 별장을 처분하기 위해 나폴리로 향한다. 결혼해서 살면서 아무 일없이 살았었지만 일상을 벗어나 단둘만이 있게 된 그들은 서로를 전혀 모른다는 사실을 깨닫게 되고 그들은 그렇게 위기를 맞게 된다. 캐서린은 나폴리로, 알렉스는 우연히 만난 줄리의 친구들과 카프리섬으로 각자의 여행길로 떠난다. 이들 둘은 각기 이탈리아 여행 도중 많은 유혹과 고독에 시달리며 방황을 반복하며 다시 집으로 돌아오지만 그들에게 변한것은 아무것도 없었다. 그러던 중 화산 폭발로 멸망한 폼페이 유물 발굴 형장에서 함께 죽음을 맞이한 부부 한쌍의 석고상을 보고 그들은 또 다른 감동을 받게 되는데...

A barber, murderer because of jealousy, spends twenty years in jail. He cannot, however adjust himself to a changed world and to the hypocrisy of his own relatives and decides to return behind bars.

A film made up of four episodes: a jar repairer gets trapped in a vat because of his hunch; a young unmarried mother is forced to beg to buy herself a fan; Rosario Chiarchiaro appears before a law court for casting spells; the discomfort of an overtight jacket gives a wedding witness the strength to persuade the bridegroom's reluctant parents to bless his union.

A Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to corruption.

A Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to corruption.

Paolino, a teacher at an elementary school near Naples, appears nervous for a few days and his friends do not know why. The man is the lover of Assunta, the mother of one of his pupils, and he discovers that she has become pregnant.

While recuperating from their injuries in a hospital, three young women flash back to the events leading up to the catastrophe. Remata (Lia Amando) has spent her entire life trying to overcome a childhood rape. Annamaria (Antonella Lualdi) has recently come out of an unfortunate marriage to a wealthy but insensitive boor. And Gianna (Eleanore Rossi Drago), the daughter of a college professor, has ruined her life with narcotics.

While recuperating from their injuries in a hospital, three young women flash back to the events leading up to the catastrophe. Remata (Lia Amando) has spent her entire life trying to overcome a childhood rape. Annamaria (Antonella Lualdi) has recently come out of an unfortunate marriage to a wealthy but insensitive boor. And Gianna (Eleanore Rossi Drago), the daughter of a college professor, has ruined her life with narcotics.

Just before the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, a party is held in the castle of the Stettin's Counts.

A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.

Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito.

Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.

Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.

Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.

Venice Film Festival 1942