Boccaccio '70 (1962)

Directed by

Mario Monicelli, Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, romance film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

3h 25m

Rated

18

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 158 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four Italian directors each tell a separate story about love and morality in the early 1960s. The episodes feature different characters and settings but share a comedic and occasionally ironic tone.

playfulsatiricalstylishlightheartedepisodicwittywhimsicalobservational

What happens

Boccaccio '70 is a 1962 comedy anthology film directed by Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli and Luchino Visconti from an idea by Cesare Zavattini. It consists of four episodes, each by one of the directors, all about a different aspect of morality and love in modern times in the style of Giovanni Boccaccio. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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