PLOT

Cesira, a rather homely Milanese girl, lives in Rome with her aunt and uncle and cousin Agnese, a beautiful young giri who attracts men’s glances. Still, Cesira does not despair of finding the man of her life, since a fortune-teller has told her that she is under the ‘sign of Venus’ and that, therefore, some man may become interested in her. In fact, she spends time with Romolo, a swindler and slacker, with Alessio, an older poet who is a failure, and with Ignazio, an attractive fireman who, having met her beautiful cousin Agnese by chance, is immediately attracted to her. But each of these men proves to be a great disappointment to Cesira: Romolo is arrested for theft, Ignazio falls in love with Agnese and asks her to marry him, and Alessio contrives a relationship wìth the fortune-teller, who is ready to welcome him into her home. There is nothing the disappointed Cesira can do but take up once again her solìtary existence with bittemess and continue to hope. (Enrico Lancia)
Story by Edoardo Anton, Luigi Comencini and Franca Valeri.