, 2h14 Directed byAlessandro Blasetti, Paul Paviot OriginItalie GenresComedy, Musical ActorsVittorio De Sica, Yves Montand, Guido Celano, Danièle Delorme, Lea Padovani, Marcello Mastroianni Rating60% From a story by Vasco Pratolini, written by the author.
Vasco and Mara get to know in a restaurant, go to the cinema, and spent the evening intimately, fall in love. She tells him that, being short of money, will try to work the next morning in a brothel, but he convinces her to desist from this connection, to begin to live with him, who has a job as a teacher, even if their economic situation may be difficult.
, 1h40 Directed bySilvio Amadio GenresDrama ActorsMarcello Mastroianni, Olinto Cristina, Camillo Pilotto, Irene Genna, Franco Fabrizi, Paul Müller Rating64% Des décombres d'une terrible catastrophe ferroviaire émergent seulement deux survivantes : une petite polonaise qui a perdu ses parents dans l'accident, et la prostituée qui l'a sauvée, Mara Gualtieri. Désormais seule au monde, la fillette va s'attacher à Mara, qui pour sa part voudrait bien l'adopter, d'autant qu'elle lui rappelle sa propre fille morte en bas-âge. Hélas ! Son activité le lui interdit. Les autorités placent donc la fillette dans un orphelinat. Résolue à la reprendre, Mara décide de s'amender et de tourner le dos à cette vie de débauche. Elle quitte ses « quartiers » et parvient à trouver un humble mais honnête travail dans une manufacture de briques.
, 1h26 Directed byFilippo Walter Ratti GenresComedy, Fantasy ThemesChristmas films, Time travel films, Ghost films ActorsPaolo Stoppa, Guglielmo Barnabò, Marcello Mastroianni, Luigi Tosi, Leda Gloria, Sergio Bergonzelli Rating54% Antonio Trabbi is a greedy old man with a very rough personality and obsessed by money. He deprecates charity and love and has no friends or love interest, being lonely and avoided by people. On Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, who warns him about his life-style and announces the visit of three spirits, who will show Antonio past, present and future Christmas days. During the night, the three spirits actually appear to Trabbi, showing him his sad past, the bad reputation he has with everyone and the bad outcome of his actions, which will lead him to a lonely death and to terrible punishments in Hell. When Trabbi wakes up he is greatly distressed by the visions and eager to change his life, starting with that very same Christmas Day.