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The Witches

Release Date:March 12, 1969

Running Time:111 min

Genres:Drama, Comedy

Directors

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

Cast

Silvana Mangano Annie Girardot Francisco Rabal Massimo Girotti Véronique Vendell Elsa Albani Clara Calamai Marilù Tolo Nora Ricci Dino Mele Helmut Berger Bruno Filippini

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

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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