Two short films about love and loneliness. In the first, a woman hangs on the telephone line for dear life as she pleads with a lover who has just ended their relationship. In the second film, a peasant woman finds herself mysteriously pregnant after experiencing a vision of Saint Joseph.

A testament to Rossellini’s versatility, this transfixing diptych sees him direct two stylistically different showcases for Anna Magnani as star. Part One is based on Jean Cocteau’s play The Human Voice, recently adapted by Almodóvar, while Fellini has a story credit for the second, The Miracle.