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The tragic collapse of a stairwell in Rome, costing the lives of several female job aspirants, had previously served as the basis of It Happened in Roma (1951). The same real-life disaster provides the springboard for Tre Storie Proibite (Three Forbidden Stories). While recuperating from their injuries in a hospital, three young women flash back to the events leading up to the catastrophe. Remata (Lia Amando) has spent her entire life trying to overcome a childhood rape. Annamaria (Antonella Lualdi) has recently come out of an unfortunate marriage to a wealthy but insensitive boor. And Gianna (Eleanore Rossi Drago), the daughter of a college professor, has ruined her life with narcotics. The "dope element" of Tre Storie Proibite caused some censor troubles when the film was released to the U.S.