Sex Quartet

{{Short description|1966 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Sex Quartet

| image = Sex Quartet film.jpg

| caption = Italian theatrical release poster

| director = Luciano Salce
Mario Monicelli
Mauro Bolognini
Antonio Pietrangeli
Luciano Salce

| producer = Gianni Hecht Lucari

| screenplay = Ruggero Maccari
Luigi Magni
Suso Cecchi D'Amico
Tonino Guerra
Giorgio Salvioni
Roberto Sonego

| story = Ruggero Maccari
Luigi Magni
Suso Cecchi D'Amico

Tonino Guerra
Giorgio Salvioni
Roberto Sonego

| starring = Monica Vitti
Enrico Maria Salerno
Claudia Cardinale
Gastone Moschin
Raquel Welch
Jean Sorel
Alberto Sordi
Capucine
Olga Villi
Anthony Steel

| music = Armando Trovajoli

| cinematography = Dario Di Palma
Leonida Barboni
Carlo Di Palma
Armando Nannuzzi

| editing = Nino Baragli
Franco Fraticelli
Ruggero Mastroianni
Sergio Montanari

| color_process = Technicolor

| studio = Documento Film

| distributor = Royal Films International
(UK)
Columbia Pictures
(USA)

| released = {{Film date|1966|11|25|Italy|1967|07|19|France|1968|03|10|USA|df=y}}

| runtime = 111 minutes

| country = Italy
France

| language = Italian

| budget =

}}

Sex Quartet (US title: The Queens, {{langx|it|Le fate}}, {{lit|the fairies}}) is a 1966 Italian-French comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli, Mauro Bolognini, Antonio Pietrangeli and Luciano Salce.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/107013/Le-Fate/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103104846/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/107013/Le-Fate/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-11-03 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |date=2012 |title=NY Times: Sex Quartet |accessdate=2010-12-05 }} It starred Capucine, Claudia Cardinale, Monica Vitti and Raquel Welch.{{cite web|url=http://www.mymovies.it/filmografia/?a=202|title=Claudia Cardinale |publisher=Mymovies.it|accessdate=December 1, 2010}}

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-serving 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

References

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