Friday, Dec. 18, 2015

07:00 PM – 08:45 PM
US/Central

The Los Angeles Times describes [Mario] Monicelli’s laugh-out-loud farce as “a throwback to the days when comedies didn’t need adjectives like ‘raunchy’ or ‘adult’ to describe them. They were simply funny.” A struggling actress (Anna Magnani) enthusiastically accepts an invitation to a New Year's Eve party.  She encounters an old acting acquaintance (Totò), who is helping a professional pickpocket (Ben Gazzara) steal from people during the hustle-bustle of the festivities. The trio “scramble and scheme through Rome on a New Year’s Eve filled with shrieks of laughter, desperate actions, and consuming pleasures.” —New York Times