Boccaccio '70
Comedies
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3h 24m
Directed by Vittorrio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, and Luchino Visconti | 205 mins | 1962
An anthology comedy exploring love and the liberated woman in contemporary Italy, Boccaccio ’70 reteams Loren with De Sica in the spicy story of a shy lottery winner who hopes to cash in with Loren’s curvaceous carnival booth operator, and winds up getting more than he bargained for.
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