Ettore Scola directs Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni and John Vernon in this Italian drama where a housewife and a bachelor finds themselves alone in their housing complex on the day of Hitler’s visit to Rome.

Fascist Before Sunrise. Also middle aged and trapped to one location. This is intimate but powerful. There are revelations and depressing inevitabilities. The finest performance from Loren I have seen. The cinematography has a golden hue, like memories reflected in a shiny locket.

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Perfect Double Bill: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (1963)

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