Boccace 70

Original title: Boccaccio '70

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A bigot obsesses over the gigantic poster of a voluptuous pin-up, a married woman finds a way of dealing with her husband's passion for call-girls, a sacristan wins a night with a beautiful fairground woman in a village lottery and a married couple's mishap enables them to buy their own house. Four of the greatest Italian directors - Fellini, Visconti, De Sica and Monicelli - join forces with show-stoppers Sophia Loren, Anita Ekberg and Romy Schneider in a carousel of sex and satire mocking the mores of Italian 60's society...

Four arresting tales of women's empowerment and the sexual revolution in Italy's 1960s boom years. This light-hearted hymn to life is presented for the first time in both English and original Italian, with improved subtitles, and shown here as originally intended by the filmmakers in the original widescreen film format - now in restored HD.

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Inspired by Boccaccio's novellas, each episode focuses on sex, love and seduction in Italy in the 1960s, an era of economic growth and major cultural changes.Inspired by Boccaccio's novellas, each episode focuses on sex, love and seduction in Italy in the 1960s, an era of economic growth and major cultural changes.Inspired by Boccaccio's novellas, each episode focuses on sex, love and seduction in Italy in the 1960s, an era of economic growth and major cultural changes.

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7.0/10

5.3K

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Trivia
Federico Fellini's segment, "Le Tentazioni del Dottor Antonio", was his first work in colour.

Quotes
Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio"): When I move my hips, convents shake.

Alternate versions
The original Italian version had four segments and was 210 minutes long. The segment "Renzo e Luciana" directed by Mario Monicelli was removed in the US version.

Connections
Featured in Cercando Sophia (2004)

Soundtracks
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Music written by Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington
English lyrics by John La Touche

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Enjoyable trio of comedy/dramas with famous femme fatales

I remember seeing this as a teenager when it was in the movies. An entertaining trio with a sexual theme but no nudity in the 60's. The best was 'The Censor' with a hyper-voluptuous Anita Ekberg as a 100 foot long billboard ad (for milk) that comes to life to torment the local censor -- absolutely hilarious. Then the magnificent Sophia Loren in "The Lottery" where the winner of the drawing wins her for the night. Last is with the late Romy Schneider in a bittersweet tale about a philandering husband who uses their wealth on prostitutes. At least that's what I remember after well over 30 years. If anyone knows where I can rent this again, please let me know.