Ieri oggi domani (1963)

Stories about three very different women and the men they attract.

Director:

Vittorio De Sica

Writers:

Eduardo De Filippo (story), Eduardo De Filippo (screenplay)

Stars:

Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffrè

Won 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Sophia Loren	...	Adelina Sbaratti / Anna Molteni / Mara
Marcello Mastroianni	...	Carmine Sbaratti / Renzo / Augusto Rusconi
Aldo Giuffrè	...	Pasquale Nardella (segment "Adelina")
Agostino Salvietti	...	Dr. Verace (segment "Adelina")
Lino Mattera	...	Amedeo Scapece (segment "Adelina")
Tecla Scarano	...	Verace's sister (segment "Adelina")
Silvia Monelli	...	Elivira Nardella (segment "Adelina")
Carlo Croccolo	...	Auctioneer (segment "Adelina")
Pasquale Cennamo	...	Chief Police (segment "Adelina")
Tonino Cianci	...	(segment "Adelina") (as Antonio Cianci)
Armando Trovajoli	...	Giorgio Ferrario (segment "Anna")
Tina Pica	...	Grandmother Ferrario (segment "Mara")
Gianni Ridolfi	...	Umberto (segment "Mara") (as Giovanni Ridolfi)
Gennaro Di Gregorio	...	Grandfather (segment "Mara")

Storyline

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. They come up with a longer term solution to avoid Adelina being prosecuted for non-payment, but that solution has a profound effect on the family, especially Carmine. In "Anna", Anna Molteni, the spoiled wife of a successful businessman, and an artist named Renzo are on the cusp of an affair. Anna is feeling neglected in the marriage, as her husband seems more concerned about success and money than her. But a car accident shows both Anna and Renzo if an affair with each other is really what they want. In "Mara", Mara is a prostitute who works out of her apartment. She befriends Umberto, a young man visiting his ...

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Plot Keywords:

woman undressing | husband wife relationship | naples italy | actress playing multiple roles | actor playing multiple roles | 

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Taglines:

TOGETHER! - more exciting that Gilbert and Garbo! more thrilling than Gable and Harlow! more rib-tickling than Adam and Eve!

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

17 March 1964 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ayer, hoy y mañana

Filming Locations:

Ercolano, Naples, Campania, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, Les Films Concordia

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The amount of 50,780 Lire mentioned at the beginning of the film would equate to about $81.32 at the time or $663 in 2018.

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Goofs

As Anna and Renzo talk while driving, the windshield of her Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II shakes because the little side windows are gone, but the little side windows are intact in the wide shots.

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Quotes

Carmine Sbaratti: The people of Forcella are out of this world. They've risen up in a gesture of solidarity!
Verace's sister: I must say, it almost makes you forget how filthy and ignorant they are.

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Connections

Spoofed in Extraconiugale (1964)

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Soundtracks

Abat-jour (Salomé)
Composed by Robert Stolz, Bruno Cherubini
Lyrics by Ennio Neri
Sung by Henry Wright

User Reviews

Likable but hardly Oscar material

"Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" was just the kind of crowd-pleasing, feel-good foreign film that appealed to American audiences and the Academy in 1964. It won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, the second De Sica film to win in that category after "Bicycle Thieves". Of course, this isn't in the same class as that neo-realist masterpiece. It comprised of three short stories, each starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. In the first she is the wife who avoids prison by getting pregnant; in the second she is a rich socialite having an affair with Mastroianni's writer, that is until he crashes her Rolls while in the third she's a Roman prostitute forced into taking a vow of chastity for a week but not beyond doing the striptease that earned the film its reputation for 'sauciness' and each story is named after the character played by Loren. It's all very jolly, sunny and likable but it's hardly Oscar material. Sophia, however, is splendid throughout.