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Boccaccio '70 (1962)
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Reviews Counted:6
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Average Rating:6.4/10
Synopsis: With four of Italy's master directors at the helm, these short works feature an extraordinary cast of screen sirens in some unabashedly steamy situations. With a light, humorous treatment, the... With four of Italy's master directors at the helm, these short works feature an extraordinary cast of screen sirens in some unabashedly steamy situations. With a light, humorous treatment, the sexual mores of the time are explored in the manner of an updated Boccaccio. "The Temptation of Doctor Antonio," directed by Federico Fellini (LA DOLCE VITA, 8 1/2), features Anita Ekberg as a sexy billboard ad come to life to torment a prudish censor (Peppino De Filippo). In Luchino Visconti's (THE LEOPARD) film, Romy Schneider (WHAT'S NEW, PUSSYCAT) is the wife of a philanderer (Thomas Milian, ALMOST HUMAN, TRAFFIC), who uses their money to visit prostitutes. Realizing his duplicity, she extracts her revenge in this subtle, stylish meditation on marriage and fidelity. Sophia Loren (YESTERDAY, TODAY, & TOMORROW, TWO WOMEN) stars in Vittorio de Sica's (THE BICYCLE THIEF, MIRACLE IN MILAN) "The Raffle." She plays a woman who offers herself as a prize to the best shot in a shooting gallery, which garners some unsettling results. Finally, Mario Minicelli's segment "Renzo & Luciana" is presented here for an American audience for the first time; it presents a rather sober though affecting view of a young couple constrained by their poverty and social position. [More]
Starring: Anita Ekberg, Romy Schneider, Tomas Milian, Sophia Loren
Starring: Anita Ekberg, Romy Schneider, Tomas Milian, Sophia Loren
Director: Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Vittorio De Sica
Director: Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Vittorio De Sica
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Reviews for Boccaccio '70
De Sica and Monicelli went for broader, more traditional comedic effect -- less pretentious, but perhaps inevitably in this company, less memorable.
An Italian portmanteau movie that sees three tales about the attraction and power of women.
All inferences to the famous poet aside, Boccaccio '70 is a celebration of the opposite sex, a foursome of testaments to the undying connection between women and life.
It has glamour, sophistication, color, wit and sensuality (not necessarily in that order), all of which blend very well in the enveloping air of a facility that is to be devoted to the showing of sophisticated films.
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