The Witches (1967 film)
1967 film by 5 different directors: Luchino Visconti, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Vittorio De Sica, Mauro Bolognini, Franco Rossi
The Witches (Italian: Le streghe) is a 1967 commedia all'italiana anthology film produced by Dino De Laurentiis in 1965. It consists of five comic stories dealing with the roles of women in Italian society, directed by Luchino Visconti, Mauro Bolognini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Rossi and Vittorio De Sica. The film stars Silvana Mangano and features Clint Eastwood, Annie Girardot, Totò and Alberto Sordi. It was the last film starring Totò to be released in his lifetime.
Plot
"The Witch Burned Alive"
Gloria, a famous actress, attends the 10th anniversary party of her friend Valeria and her unfaithful husband Paolo at the couple's home in Kitzbühel, Austria. Envied by the women and pursued by the men, including Paolo, Gloria passes out from drinking while performing a dance for the guests. Feigning concern, the female guests remove her headdress and false eyelashes while making catty remarks about her imperfections. Later, Gloria discovers that she is pregnant and telephones her husband/manager in New York, who does not support her desire to take a break from acting to have children, leading to an argument. She leaves nonchalantly the next day, besieged by paparazzi as she boards a helicopter.
"Civic Spirit"
Stuck in a traffic jam in Rome, a woman offers to drive a man injured in a car accident to the hospital.
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