The Witches

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-03-12

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (785 Reviews)

Director:

Mauro Bolognini Vittorio De Sica Pier Paolo Pasolini Franco Rossi Luchino Visconti

Genres:

Comedy Drama Romance

Cast:

Silvana Mangano Annie Girardot Francisco Rabal Massimo Girotti

Writer:

Mauro Bolognini (segment)

Fabio Carpi (segment)

Roberto Gianviti (segment)

Agenore Incrocci (segment)

Luigi Magni (segment)

Enzo Muzii (segment)

Pier Paolo Pasolini (segment)

Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (segment)

Franco Rossi (segment)

Furio Scarpelli (segment)

Bernardino Zapponi (segment)

Cesare Zavattini (segment)

Fullplot:

Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from women and lust from men. A woman offers to take an injured man to the hospital. A widowed father and his son seek for a new wife/mother. A man seeks revenge for a woman's honor. A bored housewife tries to explain to her husband that he's not as romantic as he used to be.

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