Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)

Just perfect...

Admirable film.

The acting in this movie is really good.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

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.Italian films of the 1960s... the stories were good, the colors were interesting (often their films had a much lower budget than the American films of the same time). What really stands out is how much the films were used to show Rome, Naples and other cities. The Italian film industry of the 1960s was like a constant tourism campaign. Was this intentional? I do not know. But I suppose if you have some of the most beautiful cities in the world, you may as well flaunt them.

I'll keep this short because I was only able to see Part One.It's happy, fast, loud, colorful, and absurd. Loren and Mastroianni are a poor married couple, living in a small, shabby apartment in a squalid but friendly neighborhood. It's the period of the black market, and the tiny street in front of their house is lined with ladies selling stolen wrist watches. It's illegal, of course, and every time the lookout shouts a warning, the street clears at once.This is difficult for Loren and Mastroianni because he can't find work, and Loren must join the lists of the street vendors. She discovers that she can avoid punishment if she's pregnant. The result is one baby after another, squalling and yammering. The tiny apartment is overrun with children. They occupy triple-bunk beds, hammocks, the floor. They're like mice.There's a crisis when Mastroianni is spent -- worn out and looking like his own ghost. By this time he's so weak he falls down while carrying a crate of oranges. His voice is hardly more than a feeble croak. But Loren keeps hectoring him. She has the bed blessed by some kind of clown. There's an excruciating scene in which they visit a doctor to find out what's wrong. The doctor completely misunderstands, believing that, with so many babies already, they're trying to stop.If the other two segments are as good as the first, it's easy to see why the film won so many awards. But you have to be in the mood for loud speech and constant noise.

Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren star in three stories about - well, men and women - in "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow," a Vittorio de Sica film.The stories vary, with the two stars playing roles that show off their different talents. All three of the stories showcase one of Loren's great talents - her awe-inspiring beauty.I was lucky to have seen this in Italian with subtitles. The Italian language is so beautiful. I loved hearing it spoken and to see the Italian scenery along with it.The first story is about a woman who keeps getting pregnant to avoid going to prison for not paying for furniture she purchased. She ends with 7 kids and a husband so worn out he can barely walk. Meanwhile, with each birth, she becomes more beautiful. It's either the longest story or it went on the longest - it's not the most interesting of the three.The second story involves a rich woman with no regard for anyone but herself and her money, even though she talks a different game entirely to her new boyfriend as they're driving. She keeps bumping into people with her car. When she lets the boyfriend drive, he crashes the car rather than a hit a child, and she has a fit. A real nasty piece of work.The third story is really the best - Loren is a high-class prostitute who befriends a young man studying for the priesthood. He's staying with his vicious grandmother in the apartment across from hers. The grandmother flings insults at Loren. Meanwhile, one of Loren's steadies, Mastroianni, can't get to first base with her because she's so distracted. This vignette is famous for Loren's hot striptease, which she repeats for Mastroianni again in 1994's "Pret a Porter." Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren are excellent in all of their roles, set against the beauty of the Italian locales. Loren is gorgeous, in fact, beyond gorgeous, particularly in the last sequence. Even today, she manages to dazzle. There's something about her that no American actress can even approximate.This film may have been a little overrated in its day, but it is certainly well worth seeing.

This is one of the most beautiful comedies I've ever seen, it's simply priceless, three stories are very different but taken together they create one wonderful movie. Sophia and Marcelo in each of three stories give superb acting and each character of this 3 that they play in the movie is different from the other as it can be. I can warmly recommend this movie to anyone who like original comedies and i am sure that you will enjoy as i was.And at the end i can say only that i am sorry because they don't make movies as they use to made. I can compare this movie with some comedies of Billy Wilder or Frank Capra, because on the end of it, you have a warm feeling around your heart and you now that this movie is one of good ways to spend an evening.