Boccaccio '70

Buttoned down Catholicism and the resulting itch to unbutton everything: 60s Italy is the setting for Boccaccio ’70, with four of the country’s most celebrated auteurs casting eyes over the era. Monicelli’s newlyweds can’t reveal their status or she’ll lose her job. Everything about their life is crowded, and now, two may become three. Much lighter is Fellini’s tale of a prude’s war on Ekberg’s 40D bust, and his shock when enormous Anita declares war right back. Visconti gives us Pupe. She married for money, but now her Count and his call girls are splashed across the front pages. Segueing into a perpetual flirting motion, she pulls out unexpected stops to win back her man. Then, de Sica presents Sophia. Poured into her pencil skirt, she’s the sexiest thing to hit Lugo, and the men folk are desperate to win the local raffle. The prize? A night with Sophia. At three hours long, this trip goes all round the casas, but it’s well worth the ticket.