After directing such tragic masterpieces as Bicycle Thieves (1948), Umberto D. (1952), and Two Woman (1960), the great Vittorio De Sica lightened up his canvas with the Oscar winning comic Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (1963) composed of three tales each with screen greats Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni playing quite different couples in different Italian locales (Naples, Milan, and Rome) directed in three unique styles. Talk about artistic diversity
Lawrence of Cinema 