It is considered to be the work with which De Sica concludes the series of light comedies largely set in colleges and institutions for young girls and period costumes to enter into films of more contemporary and popular settings that will result in post-war neorealistic works.

It was screened in November 1991 as a part of a retrospective of De Sica's films at the Museum of Modern Art.

But their lives change when a wounded Garibaldi soldier, Count Amidei is hid on the grounds by the custodian of the convent, Tiepolo.

Here, young Carla Del Poggio as Caterinetta Bellelli jumps on a horse and is chased by the soldiers.

As the grandmother, (who is Caterinetta) finishes the story, her friend Mariella arrives, who has never married, and the granddaughters, look upon understanding now.