Two Cents Worth of Hope

Two Cents Worth of Hope Italian Due soldi di speranza is a 1952 film directed by Renato Castellani.

The film is the third in director Castellanis Young Love trilogy the first two were Sotto il sole di Roma 1948 and primavera...1950. The story concerns the romance between Carmela Fiore and Antonio Musolino. The ardor is onesided at first, but Carmela is a determined young woman, willing to scale and conquer any obstacle in pursuing her hearts desire. Once hes hooked, Antonio scurries from job to job to prove his financial viability. Faced with the hostility of their parents, Carmela and Antonio symbolically shed themselves of all responsibilities to others in a climactic act of starknaked bravado.

Source: Wikipedia