This sly short develops traditional marital misunderstandings into a comic commentary on both the luxurious new movie theaters emerging in the 1910s and the people who frequented them. With the posters for Quo Vadis (1912) featuring prominently in the background, director Enrico Guazzoni pokes fun at the pioneering epic that secured his own reputation in the budding Italian film industry. Presented in a new restoration by the Eye Filmmuseum (Amsterdam) of a print from the Museuo Nazionale del Cinema (Turin), which makes it possible to fully appreciate the nuances of Desmetcolor. Subtitles available.