Plot
Four short films by four different directors dealing with the principles of modern life. "Illibatezza" (Rossellini): The hostess Anna Maria, to dissuade an aggressive suitor who prefers maternal tendencies, assumes an unscrupulous attitude, obeying the suggestions of her distant boyfriend. "The New World" (Godard): The deflagration of an atomic bomb causes strange effects on the inhabitants of a city. "La ricotta" (Pasolini): During the filming of a film about a religious subject, the extra Stracci dies hanging on the cross due to an indigestion of ricotta. "Il pollo spante" (Gregoretti): While an expert illustrates to a board of merchants the most modern techniques to increase sales through the discovery of the secret self of the average consumer, the human story of a bourgeois who, following these suggestions, focuses on the purchase of a plot of land in the countryside.
Trailer
Cast
Rosanna Schiaffino
Anna Maria (segment "Illibatezza")
Bruce Balaban
Joe (segment "Illibatezza")
Maria Pia Schiaffino
Air Hostess (segment "Illibatezza")
Jean-Marc Bory
Husband (segment "Il nuovo mondo")
Alexandra Stewart
Alexandra (segment "Il nuovo mondo")
Orson Welles
The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")
Mario Cipriani
Stracci (segment "La ricotta")
Laura Betti
Sonia, the 'Diva' (segment "La ricotta")
Edmonda Aldini
Another Diva (segment "La ricotta")
Ettore Garofolo
Ettore, the Angel (segment "La ricotta")
Ugo Tognazzi
Togni (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
Lisa Gastoni
Togni's Wife (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
Ricky Tognazzi
The Son (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
Antonella Taito
The Daughter (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
Maria Bernardini
Stripteaser (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Umberto Bevilacqua
Operaio nella Filmazione (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Adele Cambria
Woman at Banquet (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Elsa De Giorgi
Productor's Wife (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Michel Delahaye
(segment "Il nuovo mondo") (uncredited)
Rossana Di Rocco
Stracci's Daughter (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Jean-André Fieschi
(segment "Il nuovo mondo") (uncredited)
Vittorio La Paglia
The Journalist (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
André S. Labarthe
(segment "Il nuovo mondo") (voice) (uncredited)
Lamberto Maggiorani
Man in the Tableau-Vivant (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Tomas Milian
Centurione (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Giovanni Orgitano
Operaio nella Filmazione (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Franca Pasut
Visitor (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Ruggero Rosi
Religious Figure (segment "La ricotta") (uncredited)
Gianrico Tedeschi
The Psichiatrist (segment "Illibatezza") (uncredited)
Carlo Zappavigna
Anna-Maria's Boyfriend (segment "Illibatezza") (uncredited)
