ABOUT THE MOVIE

Boccaccio '70 is a 1962 Italian portmanteau film directed by Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti and Vittorio de Sica, from an idea by Cesare Zavattini. It is an anthology 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 Boccaccio.

La riffa tells the story of Zoe (Sophia Loren), a buxom carnival-booth manager who owes back taxes offers herself for one night in a lottery: a nerdy sacristan and a jealous cowboy make for a lovers' triangle.


BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Movie: BOCCACCIO '70
Country: France, Italy

Year: 1962

Running time: 126 minutes

Directed by: Vittorio De Sica

Written by: Giovanni Arpino, Italo Calvino, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Mario Monicelli, Goffredo Parise, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi, Luchino Visconti, Cesare Zavattini

Cinematography: Otello Martelli, Armando Nannuzzi, Giuseppe Rotunno

Starring: Marisa Solinas (Luciana), Germano Gilioli (Renzo), Anita Ekberg (Anita), Peppino De Filippo (Dr. Antonio), Romy Schneider (Pupe), Tomas Milian (Conte Ottavio), Sophia Loren (Zoe), Luigi Giuliani (Gaetano), Alfio Vita (Cuspet)


The four original episodes were:
- Renzo e Luciana (by Mario Monicelli) with Marina Solinas and Germano Gilioli.
- Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio (by Federico Fellini) with Peppino de Filippo
and Anita Ekberg.
- Il lavoro (by Luchino Visconti) with Romy Schneider and Tomas Milian.
- La riffa (by Vittorio de Sica) with Sophia Loren.
- The first episode, by Monicelli, was only present in the Italian distribution of the film. Out of solidarity towards Monicelli, the other three directors did not go to the Cannes Film Festival for the presentation of the film.