Boccaccio '70 (1962)

Four directors tell tales of Eros fit for a 1970s Decameron. Working-class lovers, Renzo and Luciana, marry but must hide it from her employer; plus, they need a room of their own. A ... See full summary »

Directors:

Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini,

Writers:

Giovanni Arpino (segment), Italo Calvino (segment),

Stars:

Marisa Solinas, Anita Ekberg, Romy Schneider

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Marisa Solinas	...	Luciana (segment "Renzo e Luciana")
Germano Gilioli	...	Renzo (segment "Renzo e Luciana")
Anita Ekberg	...	Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
Peppino De Filippo	...	Dr. Antonio Mazzuolo (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
Romy Schneider	...	Pupe (segment "Il lavoro")
Tomas Milian	...	Conte Ottavio (segment "Il lavoro") (as Thomas Milian)
Romolo Valli	...	Lawyer Zacchi (segment "Il lavoro")
Sophia Loren	...	Zoe (segment "La riffa")
Luigi Giuliani	...	Gaetano (segment "La riffa")
Alfio Vita	...	Cuspet (segment "La riffa")

Storyline

Four directors tell tales of Eros fit for a 1970s Decameron. Working-class lovers, Renzo and Luciana, marry but must hide it from her employer; plus, they need a room of their own. A billboard of Anita Ekberg provocatively selling milk gives a prudish crusader for public decency more than he can handle. The wife of a count whose escapades with call girls make the front page of the papers decides to work to prove her independence, but what is she qualified to do? A buxom carnival-booth manager who owes back taxes offers herself for one night in a lottery: a nerdy sacristan and a jealous cowboy make for a lovers' triangle. In each, women take charge, but not always happily.

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Plot Keywords:

billboard | episodic structure | decamerotic | directed by several directors | marriage | 

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Taglines:

The First 3-Act Motion Picture Ever Presented!

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian German

Release Date:

26 June 1962 (USA)

Also Known As:

Boccaccio 70

Filming Locations:

E.U.R., Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cineriz, Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica, Francinex

Technical Specs

Runtime:

205 min 125 min (3 episodes) (cut) 158 min (3 episodes) 150 min (3 episodes) (cut) 150 min (3 episodes) (cut) 208 min (4 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor/Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Federico Fellini's segment, "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio", was his first work in color.

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Connections

Referenced in Mafioso (1962)

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Soundtracks

"Riffa Cha Cha"
Written by Nora Orlandi - Armando Trovajoli
Performed by Nora Orlandi

User Reviews

Finally out on DVD !!!! But...

Words are not enough for this wonderful quadruple satire. Yes, in the beginning there were FOUR, but the Mario Monicelli story got cut to economize on time. It is the least funny but very compelling tale of two newlyweds finding no space or time to be alone together. A beautiful story.

On the DVD distributed by the Dutch label Homescreen all 4 stories are included. Very odd though, it is a widescreen version, but from the top & bottom there are layers missing. So all the players standing up, get there heads chopped of. Astonishing, and very irritating. The sound every now and then echos, which is bad too. And the only subtitles available are in Dutch...

But to see these wonderful tales again, of Fellini, Visconti, De Sica & Monicelli, and to see Romy Schneider, Sophia Loren & Anita Ekberg play so majestically, might be well worth it to forget about the technical problems of this DVD. And let's simply hope CRITERION can obtain the rights shortly, for they will surely do this fourfold little miracle justice...