Boccaccio '70

Feb 23, 1962

3h 24m

★ 6.9

The first 4-act motion picture ever presented!

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Cineriz

Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica

gray-film

Boccaccio '70 Trailers

Cast

Luciana (segment "Renzo e Luciana")

Marisa Solinas

Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")

Anita Ekberg

Pupe (segment "Il lavoro")

Romy Schneider

Zoe (segment "La riffa")

Sophia Loren

Renzo (segment "Renzo e Luciana")

Germano Gilioli

Dr. Antonio Mazzuolo (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor ...")

Peppino De Filippo

Conte Ottavio (segment "Il lavoro")

Tomas Milian

Cuspet (segment "La riffa")

Alfio Vita

Gaetano (segment "La riffa")

Luigi Giuliani

Lawyer Zacchi (segment "Il lavoro")

Romolo Valli

Commendatore La Pappa (segment "Le tentazioni ...") (uncredited)

Antonio Acqua

Man Winning a Bottle (segment "La riffa") (uncredited)

Nando Angelini

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0.0

Herzkönig

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After drinking too much alcohol, King Michael XXXVII promptly forgets his own wedding date! To avoid a scandal, his police minister asks the writer Peter Petroni, who looks deceptively like the king, to stand in for the alcoholic Michael at the ceremony. The only trouble is that the game quickly turns serious - because when Peter catches sight of "his" bride at the altar, it's love at first sight...

7.0

Chi Va Chi Sau Ka

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Savitri and Satyaprakash are introduced to each other through their families for marriage. Both being poles apart, they decide to understand each other by getting into a live-in relationship.

7.1

My Prince Edward

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Making a living from selling cheap wedding supplies doesn't free Fong from pressure to marry. She's been pushed beyond limits by unaffordable housing, archaic customs, and intrusive in-laws since engagement. More worrying is the comeback of a mainlander she's supposed to divorce out of a sham marriage.

5.9

Villa Touma

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5.4

Meenakshi Sundareshwar

Nov 5, 2021

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7.8

The Heiress

Oct 6, 1949

In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may or may not be after her inheritance.

0.0

Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas

Sep 9, 2008

When a marriage is threatened by a long excursion for work, domestic trouble is buffeted by family and friends.

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6.8

Girls' Night

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Two British best friends and in-laws Dawn and Jackie work together at a factory. When Dawn is diagnosed with a brain tumor Jackie shares $100,000 she's got from her secret lover with Dawn to fulfil her dream - a visit to Las Vegas. They buy two tickets and fly there...

5.2

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

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A presumed-dead man's current wife and former wives squabble over his funeral arrangements.

6.0

The Wedding Night

Mar 8, 1935

While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett (Cooper) becomes attracted to Manya (Sten), the daughter of a neighboring farmer. Manya is unhappily engaged to Frederik (Bellamy). Due to a snowstorm, Tony and Manya are trapped together in his house overnight. The next day, Manya's father insists her wedding to Frederik take place in spite of Manya's misgivings. Drunkenness and jealousy result in tragedy at the wedding reception that night.

5.7

2 Harihar Nagar

Apr 1, 2009

Four childhood friends visit their village after many years to relive the old days. However, problems arise when one of them goes missing.

7.0

The Palm Beach Story

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7.3

Libeled Lady

Oct 9, 1936

When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.

6.4

Steptoe & Son

Mar 1, 1972

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4.5

The Furrow of the Peach

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4.5

Scandal In the Family

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4.3

Latin Male Wanted

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A film in 5 segments. The first is about a trafficker who takes a German tourist to an illegal sex market in a working-class neighborhood. The second involves an elderly man courting a young adult film star. The third, a thief seduces a man's wife. The fourth involves an Italian immigrant in Germany who is fired and subsequently offered work as a porn actor. Finally the last segment involves a baron who convinces his wife into a swinging.

7.4

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