Silvana Mangano
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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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| Release Date | 1967-02-22 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 1h 51m |
| Directors | Luchino Visconti, Mauro Bolognini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Rossi, Vittorio De Sica, Giuseppe Rotunno, Nicola Tamburo, Rinaldo Ricci, Luisa Alessandri, Massimo Castellani, Nello Vanin, Sergio Citti, Piero Piccioni, Bruno Nicolai |
| Producers | Dino De Laurentiis, Georges Laurent |
| Writers | Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Cesare Zavattini, Agenore Incrocci, Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli, Furio Scarpelli, Bernardino Zapponi, Bernardino Zapponi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Cesare Zavattini, Enzo Muzii, Fabio Carpi, Roberto Gianviti, Luigi Magni, Luigi Magni, Franco Rossi, Franco Rossi |
Rather zany, 'The Witches' entertains sufficiently.
Anthology films aren't usually my thing but I found the oddness of this production to be worth watching. It somehow works. There are five stories portrayed, all of which have their moments even if some are definitively better than others. The music is good, also.
"The Witch Burned Alive", the opener, is the standout, "Civic Spirit" is amusingly short, "The Earth Seen from the Moon" is one of the weaker entries as it drags a little, "The Sicilian Belle" is a little forgettable and, the finale, "An Evening Like the Others" is the most strange but does satisfy due to its unusualness and comical nature.
That last one's weirdness is elevated by the appearance of Clint Eastwood - which is made even more peculiar as he doesn't even voice his character due to the Italian language barrier; Giuseppe Rinaldi provides the voice, fwiw. It is bizarre yet, again, does work.
The star of this 1967 release, though, is Silvana Mangano, who leads all five stories. She is excellent across them all, this is my first exposure to her and I'm intrigued to potentially see more of her work in the future.
— r96sk