The Witches

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The Witches (1967)

NR 03/12/1969 (US) Comedy, Drama, Romance 1h 51m

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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.

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Director, Screenplay, Story
Franco Rossi

Director, Screenplay, Story
Cesare Zavattini

Screenplay, Story
Bernardino Zapponi

Screenplay, Story
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi

Screenplay, Story
Agenore Incrocci

Screenplay, Story
Luigi Magni

Screenplay, Story
Furio Scarpelli

Screenplay, Story
Mauro Bolognini

Director
Luchino Visconti

Director
Vittorio De Sica

Director
Roberto Gianviti

Screenplay
Enzo Muzii

Screenplay
Fabio Carpi

Screenplay

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Silvana Mangano

Gloria/Lady in a Hurry/Assurdina Caì/Nunzia/Giovanna
Annie Girardot

Valeria
Francisco Rabal

Paolo
Massimo Girotti

Sportsman
Véronique Vendell

Young Girl Friend
Elsa Albani

Gossip
Clara Calamai

Ex-Actress
Marilù Tolo

Waitress
Nora Ricci

Gloria's Secretary
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A review by r96sk

7.0

Written by r96sk on January 11, 2022

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... read the rest.

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