'Smilzo'
Madonna Violante goes to Rome to find the three Armida daughters, Lorenza and Vanna, who she has not seen for many years; but first she stops by her friend Antonia from whom he learned many unseemly things about them.
Cassio, a tourist guide, and Primo, his bus driver, are taking a bus load of tourists to visit villa Jovis, at Capri island. Then they have an accident, and they knock their heads hard, losing conscience. They come awake in the times of the Roman Empire in Tiberius' villa.
The Russian women's basketball team faces to the American team for the championship of the world, in Rome. Upon arriving at the 'Eternal City', the Russian athletes find ways to evade the strict surveillance and meet some Italian guys. After many persecutions, the Russians are confined by their guardians under the promise that, if they win, they can stay and live in Italy. But as they conquer the championship, their guards forget the promises and put them on a plane to Moscow.
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Giulietta Masina interpreta Cabíria, uma prostituta que ganha a vida nas ruas de Roma em meados anos 50. Ingênua, ela sonha com o amor perfeito e acredita na bondade das pessoas. Por isso, sofre constantemente desilusões. Em suas andanças pela noite romana, ela se envolve com um astro de cinema em crise conjugal e, também, com um contador, que parece amá-la de verdade. Será que o destino só guarda desencantos para a pobre Cabíria?
