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Boccaccio '70

  • 1962
  • Unrated
  • 3h 25m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
4.8K
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Sophia Loren, Anita Ekberg, and Romy Schneider in Boccaccio '70 (1962)
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.

  • Directors
    • Vittorio De Sica
    • Federico Fellini
    • Mario Monicelli
  • Writers
    • Giovanni Arpino
    • Suso Cecchi D'Amico
    • Italo Calvino
  • Stars
    • Anita Ekberg
    • Sophia Loren
    • Romy Schneider
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    4.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Vittorio De Sica
      • Federico Fellini
      • Mario Monicelli
    • Writers
      • Giovanni Arpino
      • Suso Cecchi D'Amico
      • Italo Calvino
    • Stars
      • Anita Ekberg
      • Sophia Loren
      • Romy Schneider
    • 30User reviews
    • 38Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Anita Ekberg and Peppino De Filippo in Boccaccio '70 (1962)
    Sophia Loren, c. 1963.
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    Sophia Loren in Boccaccio '70 (1962)
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    Paolo Stoppa in Boccaccio '70 (1962)
    Romolo Valli in Boccaccio '70 (1962)
    Tomas Milian in Boccaccio '70 (1962)
    Romy Schneider in Boccaccio '70 (1962)
    Antonio Acqua in Boccaccio '70 (1962)
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    Anita Ekberg
    Anita Ekberg
    • Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
    Sophia Loren
    Sophia Loren
    • Zoe (segment "La riffa")
    Romy Schneider
    Romy Schneider
    • Pupe (segment "Il lavoro")
    Marisa Solinas
    Marisa Solinas
    • Luciana (segment "Renzo e Luciana")
    Germano Gilioli
    • Renzo (segment "Renzo e Luciana")
    Peppino De Filippo
    Peppino De Filippo
    • Dr. Antonio Mazzuolo (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
    Tomas Milian
    Tomas Milian
    • Conte Ottavio (segment "Il lavoro")
    • (as Thomas Milian)
    Romolo Valli
    Romolo Valli
    • Lawyer Zacchi (segment "Il lavoro")
    Luigi Giuliani
    Luigi Giuliani
    • Gaetano (segment "La riffa")
    Alfio Vita
    Alfio Vita
    • Cuspet (segment "La riffa")
    Antonio Acqua
    Antonio Acqua
    • Commendatore La Pappa (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
    • (uncredited)
    Nando Angelini
    • Man Winning a Bottle (segment "La riffa")
    • (uncredited)
    Silvio Bagolini
    • Secretary of Monsignore (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
    • (uncredited)
    Ciccio Barbi
    Ciccio Barbi
    • Engineer in the Car (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
    • (uncredited)
    Lars Bloch
    • Red Priest (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
    • (uncredited)
    Suso Cecchi D'Amico
    Suso Cecchi D'Amico
    • (segment "Renzo e Luciana")
    • (uncredited)
    Donatella Della Nora
    • Donatella - Mazzuolo's Sister (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
    • (uncredited)
    Isa Di Marzio
    • Narrator (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Vittorio De Sica(segment La riffa)
      • Federico Fellini(segment Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio)
      • Mario Monicelli(segment Renzo e Luciana)
    • Writers
      • Giovanni Arpino(segment Renzo e Luciana)
      • Suso Cecchi D'Amico(segment Renzo e Luciana)
      • Italo Calvino(segment Renzo e Luciana)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      When Mario Monicelli's segment, "Renzo e Luciana", was cut, producer Carlo Ponti offered to finance Monicelli's film as a full-length feature on its own. This was never made. This segment was apparently cut because Monicelli had promised to deliver a "major American star" but failed.
    • 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
      Day Dream
      Music written by; Billy Strayhorn & Duke Ellington. English lyrics by John La Touche.

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    8/10
    Luchino Visconti dresses Romy Schnaider plus other stories.
    The one thing I remembered about "Bocaccio70" was Romy Schnaider getting dressed in front of a mirror, in front of us. The film in his 4 segments has much more, but nothing better than Romy Schnaider in the Visconti segment. She is exquisite of course but in Visconti's hands she is superlative. Visconti, like George Cukor, knew how to guide actresses to their best. In the Monicelli episode Renzo and Lucia search for their privacy and Monicelli, a remarkable director, today 92 and still at work, manages to give the most straight forward, no frills segment. Fellini goes overboard with a 50 feet tall Anita Eckberg and a rather clumsy indictment at middle class morality. The De Sica episode has Sophia Loren, virgin and whore. When Sophia Loren was in De Sica's hands she was at her best. Her sympathy here takes over the episode and it becomes a joyful tale of nonsensical innocence. But, just as I remembered Romy Schnaider and Visconti are responsible for making this lightweight oddity really worth while.
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    • Nov 14, 2007

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    • Release date
      • June 26, 1962 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Boccaccio 70
    • Filming locations
      • E.U.R., Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Cineriz
      • Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica
      • Francinex
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,641
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    • Runtime
      3 hours 25 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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