Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni (playing different couples in each segment)
No screen duo has ever matched their chemistry. In Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow , they play three different couples: vulgar and loving (Naples), distant and intellectual (Milan), transactional yet tender (Rome). Loren won the David di Donatello for Best Actress; Mastroianni showcased his range from clown to romantic lead. fylm yesterday today and tomorrow 1963 mtrjm bjwdt alyt
“I don’t need a translator,” he says. “I need a miracle.” No screen duo has ever matched their chemistry
The first and longest segment, written by Eduardo De Filippo, follows Adelina, a resourceful woman in a working-class Naples district. To avoid imprisonment for selling black-market cigarettes, she exploits a legal loophole: Italian law prohibits the incarceration of pregnant women or those who have given birth within the last six months. This leads to a series of seven children in eight years, eventually leaving her husband, Carmine (Mastroianni), physically and emotionally exhausted. It is a vibrant, comedic look at poverty, community solidarity, and the lengths people go to outwit the system. Today and Tomorrow
Poor Adelina (Loren) supports her unemployed husband, Carmine (Mastroianni), by selling black-market cigarettes. To avoid jail for tax evasion, she takes advantage of a legal loophole: a pregnant woman cannot be arrested.
Modern critics note the film’s problematic gender politics in Episode 1 (pregnancy as prison avoidance) but praise Episode 3 as proto-feminist.