The read
Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do. It runs long at 3h 24m.
Synopsis
An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to haunt an aging prude; a trophy wife enduring her husband's very public affairs; a lucky ticket-holder at a small town fair.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
160 audience votes
Key crew
- Luchino ViscontiScreenplay
- Mario MonicelliDirector
- Federico FelliniScreenplay
- Mario MonicelliScreenplay
- Vittorio De SicaDirector
- Federico FelliniDirector
- Luchino ViscontiDirector
- Cesare ZavattiniScreenplay
- Giovanni ArpinoScreenplay
- Italo CalvinoScreenplay
- Ennio FlaianoScreenplay
- Suso Cecchi d'AmicoScreenplay
- Tullio PinelliScreenplay
- Armando TrovajoliOriginal Music Composer
- Nino RotaOriginal Music Composer
- Piero UmilianiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Marisa SolinasLuciana (segment "Renzo e Luciana")
- Anita EkbergAnita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
- Romy SchneiderPupe (segment "Il lavoro")
- Sophia LorenZoe (segment "La riffa")
- Germano GilioliRenzo (segment "Renzo e Luciana")
- Peppino De FilippoDr. Antonio Mazzuolo (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor ...")
- Tomas MilianConte Ottavio (segment "Il lavoro")
- Alfio VitaCuspet (segment "La riffa")
- Luigi GiulianiGaetano (segment "La riffa")
- Romolo ValliLawyer Zacchi (segment "Il lavoro")
- Antonio AcquaCommendatore La Pappa (segment "Le tentazioni ...") (uncredited)
- Nando AngeliniMan Winning a Bottle (segment "La riffa") (uncredited)
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Themes
italianmarriage
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Boccaccio '70 is #57 of 59
