Boccaccio ’70 (Blu-ray)

A summit meeting of great Italian directors of the era, Boccaccio '70 is an antipasto platter of vintage sex symbols and naughty material starring Sophia Loren (Yesterday Today & Tomorrow), Anita Ekberg (La Dolce Vita) & Romy Schneider (The Trial). Cooked up and bankrolled by Carlo Ponti and American producer Joseph E. Levine, the four-part film was meant to tap the international smash of Fellini's La Dolce Vita, which gave audiences some refreshingly, you know, "mature" subject matter. Four directors were hired to create segments ostensibly based on the tales of Boccaccio: Federico Fellini (in the lull between La Dolce Vita and 8-1/2), Luchino Visconti, Vittorio de Sica, and Mario Monticello. 1962 - Color - 205 minutes - 1.66:1 - Italian with English Subtitles.

Starring: Anita Ekberg, Peppino De Filippo, Mario Passante, Silvio Bagolini, Romy Schneider, Tomas Milian, Romolo Valli, Amedeo Girard, Sophia Loren, Luigi Giuliani, Alfio Vita, Federico Fellini, Germano Giglioli, Luchino Visconti, Mario Monicelli, Marisa Solinas, Sylva Koscina, Dante Maggio, Alberto Sorrentino, Giacomo Furia, Paolo Stoppa

Director: Carlo Ponti, Tonino Cervi