Sex Quartet
Sex Quartet (US title: The Queens, Italian: Le fate, 'the fairies') is a 1966 Italian-French comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli, Mauro Bolognini, Antonio Pietrangeli and Luciano Salce.[1] It starred Capucine, Claudia Cardinale, Monica Vitti and Raquel Welch.[2]
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| Directed by | Luciano Salce Mario Monicelli Mauro Bolognini Antonio Pietrangeli Luciano Salce |
| Screenplay by | Ruggero Maccari Luigi Magni Suso Cecchi D'Amico Tonino Guerra Giorgio Salvioni Roberto Sonego |
| Story by | Ruggero Maccari Luigi Magni Suso Cecchi D'Amico Tonino Guerra Giorgio Salvioni Roberto Sonego |
| Produced by | Gianni Hecht Lucari |
| Starring | Monica Vitti Enrico Maria Salerno Claudia Cardinale Gastone Moschin Raquel Welch Jean Sorel Alberto Sordi Capucine Olga Villi Anthony Steel |
| Cinematography | Dario Di Palma Leonida Barboni Carlo Di Palma Armando Nannuzzi |
| Edited by | Nino Baragli Franco Fraticelli Ruggero Mastroianni Sergio Montanari |
| Music by | Armando Trovajoli |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Documento Film |
| Distributed by | Royal Films International (UK) Columbia Pictures (USA) |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Countries | Italy France |
| Language | Italian |
Plot
Four unrelated shorts by four different directors. "Queen Sabina" chronicles the sexual misadventures of a teenage girl on the road home. "Queen Armenia" centers on a self-saving opportunistic gypsy babysitter who uses her employer's kids for her own gain. The third episode, "Queen Elena" centers on a husband who learns a lesson about the perils of infidelity after he succumbs to the wiles of the seductive wife next door. The last vignette, "Queen Marta" centers on a wealthy woman who, when drunk, uses her butler as an outlet for her lust.
Cast
- Monica Vitti as Sabina (segment "Fata Sabina")
- Enrico Maria Salerno as Gianni (segment "Fata Sabina")
- Claudia Cardinale as Armenia (segment "Fata Armenia")
- Gastone Moschin as Dr. Aldini (segment "Fata Armenia")
- Raquel Welch as Elena (segment "Fata Elena")
- Jean Sorel as Luigi (segment "Fata Elena")
- Alberto Sordi as Giovanni (segment "Fata Marta")
- Capucine as Marta (segment "Fata Marta")
- Olga Villi as Countess Rattazzi (segment "Fata Marta")
- Anthony Steel as The Professor (segment "Fata Marta")
- Renzo Giovampietro as 2nd Motorist (segment "Fata Sabina")
- Corrado Olmi as Aldini's Friend (segment "Fata Armenia")
- Gigi Ballista as The Priest (segment "Fata Marta")
- Clotilde Sakaroff as The Governess (segment "Fata Elena") (as Clothilde Sakharoff)
- Nino Marchetti as The Guest (segment "Fata Marta")
- Franco Morici as (segment "Fata Elena")
References
- "NY Times: Sex Quartet". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
- "Claudia Cardinale". Mymovies.it. Retrieved December 1, 2010.