Synopsis
Four short films by four different directors dealing with the principles of modern life. "Illibatezza" (Rossellini): The hostess Anna Maria, to dissuade an aggressive suitor who prefers maternal tendencies, assumes an unscrupulous attitude, obeying the suggestions of her distant boyfriend. "The New World" (Godard): The deflagration of an atomic bomb causes strange effects on the inhabitants of a city. "La ricotta" (Pasolini): During the filming of a film about a religious subject, the extra Stracci dies hanging on the cross due to an indigestion of ricotta. "Il pollo spante" (Gregoretti): While an expert illustrates to a board of merchants the most modern techniques to increase sales through the discovery of the secret self of the average consumer, the human story of a bourgeois who, following these suggestions, focuses on the purchase of a plot of land in the countryside.
Ratings
133 audience votes
Key crew
- Carlo RustichelliOriginal Music Composer
- Ugo GregorettiDirector
- Jean-Luc GodardDirector
- Pier Paolo PasoliniDirector
- Roberto RosselliniDirector
- Ugo GregorettiScreenplay
- Roberto RosselliniScreenplay
- Pier Paolo PasoliniScreenplay
- Jean-Luc GodardScreenplay
Cast
- Rosanna SchiaffinoAnna Maria (segment "Illibatezza")
- Bruce BalabanJoe (segment "Illibatezza")
- Maria Pia SchiaffinoAir Hostess (segment "Illibatezza")
- Jean-Marc BoryHusband (segment "Il nuovo mondo")
- Alexandra StewartAlexandra (segment "Il nuovo mondo")
- Orson WellesThe 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")
- Mario CiprianiStracci (segment "La ricotta")
- Laura BettiSonia, the 'Diva' (segment "La ricotta")
- Edmonda AldiniAnother Diva (segment "La ricotta")
- Ettore GarofoloEttore, the Angel (segment "La ricotta")
- Ugo TognazziTogni (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
- Lisa GastoniTogni's Wife (segment "Il pollo ruspante")