Vitaliano Brancati

Catherine and Alexander, wealthy and sophisticated, drive to Naples to dispose of a deceased uncle's villa... (imdb)

Women love handsome Antonio because they think of him as the perfect lover. But he has problems to fullfill this ideal and Barbara only notices his failures when they are married. When the town learns about his trouble they start laughing at him... (imdb)

Fabrizi plays Bottoni, a detective who has been given three months to bring Esposito to justice. Deciding to bore from within, Bottoni ingratiates himself with Esposito's warm-hearted family. He finally meets his prey at a colorful family get-together. The men discover that they're kindred spirits. But this does not dissuade Bottoni's determination that the law must take its course. (allmovie.com)

Rossellini's darkly comic satire showcases the great Italian comic Toto as a barber who is imprisoned for murdering his wife's suspected lover. After twenty years, Salvatore leaves the prison walls to find the world he once knew gone. His wife is dead, he encounters one deceitful person after another, and his family and friends are even more disloyal. Salvatore realizes he has no choice but to find a way back to prison where he feels certain he will be happier. (dvdbeaver.com)

After getting a woman (the Virtue) pregnant, a school teacher (the Man) tries to make her copulate with her rude husband, a ship Captain who's always traveling (the Beast). Based upon a novel by Luigi Pirandello.

Over a period of several decades, a man must adapt to the various power structures in Italy. Whether it be the monarchy, the socialists, the fascists or the Church, he manages not only to acclimate himself to the prevailing winds, but also turn a neat financial profit in the bargain. (worldcat)

1) A jar repairer gets trapped in a vat because of his hunch. 2) A young unmarried mother is forced to beg to buy herself a fan. 3) Rosario Chiarchiaro appears before a law court for ... casting spells. 4) The discomfort of an over tight jacket gives a wedding witness the strength to persuade the reluctant parents of the bridegroom to bless his union. (imdb)

Story of a Sicilian professor who goes to Rome to obtain Govt. approval on the production of a new medicine. (bfi)

Story of an industrialist who is killed by a truck and gets a 12 hour reprieve t o return to earth and right two wrongs. From a story by Cesare Zavattini. (bfi)

Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late. (imdb)

Giovanni Percolla lives in Catania surrounded by the attentive cares of his three sisters. He permanently acts like a Don Giovanni to hide his real poor "knowledge" of women. With his friend he moves also to Rome but women still continues to remain part of his fantasies. But Giovanni succeeded to build anyway a fame of "tombeur de femmes". One day he meets the real love of Maria Antonietta and decides to marry. Will things change? (imdb)

The Marquis of Roccaverdina loves the beautiful peasant girl Agrippina, but can not marry for reasons of social class. Not to give up on her, he decides to marry her to one of his subjects, making them swear that the marriage will never be consumated.