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Boccaccio '70
The first 3-act motion picture ever presented!
The first 3-act motion picture ever presented!
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance - 1962
Boccaccio '70
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7.2
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An anthology of four adult tales: a young couple tries to hide their marriage and the wife’s supposed pregnancy from their place of employment; a billboard photo of a scantily clad woman comes to life to torment the local censor; an aristocratic couple comes to terms with life and marriage after the domineering husband is caught visiting sex workers by the press; a lottery is held in which the prize is to spend the night with a beautiful woman. Inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio's novellas.
Director:
,
Federico Fellini
,
Vittorio De Sica
,
Luchino Visconti
,
Mario Monicelli
Cast:
,
Romolo Valli
,
Anita Ekberg
,
Romy Schneider
,
Sophia Loren
,
Tomas Milian
,
Marisa Solinas
,
Peppino De Filippo
,
Germano Gilioli
,
Luigi Giuliani

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Rated:
UNRATED
Runtime:
208 min
Release date:
22 Feb 1962
Country:
FR, IT
Languages:
German, Italian
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 nomination.

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
De Sica and Monicelli went for broader, more traditional comedic effect -- less pretentious, but perhaps inevitably in this company, less memorable.
– ,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
It has glamour, sophistication, color, wit and sensuality (not necessarily in that order), all of which blend very well in the enveloping air of a facility that is to be devoted to the showing of sophisticated films.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
30 Jul 2005
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