☆ ☆ ☆ ½
Yesterday,
Today, and Tomorrow (1963) – V. De Sica
Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni
star in this Italian sex comedy divided into three tales in three cities. In the first and best episode, they are a
poor couple selling illegal cigarettes to make ends meet and discover by chance
after being busted that Sophia can’t go to jail when she is pregnant – 7 kids
later and Marcello is tired out, so Sophia winds up in the slammer. In the second episode, Sophia is a rich
businessman’s wife, slumming it with poor but sexy Marcello – but when she lets
him drive her Rolls, it doesn’t end well.
Finally, in the third episode, Sophia is a classy call girl who
accidentally charms her neighbors’ grandson who was about to become a
priest. In order to persuade him not to
give up his calling, she swears off sex for a week, much to the chagrin of
Marcello a visiting businessman from Bologna.
Ranging from sentimental to wryly funny to a bit too sexist for modern
times, we nevertheless get a zesty look at Italy and an acting class from two
at the top of their game.
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