The Temptation of Dr. Antonio

  • October 26, 2013 / 13:00
  • November 3, 2013 / 13:00

Director: Federico Fellini
Cast: Anita Ekberg, Peppino de Filippo
Italy, France 53’, 1962, black & white
Italian with Turkish subtitles


Fellini’s contribution to the omnibus Boccaccio ’70 is a comedic little parable about censorship, lust and religion. A billboard of Anita Ekberg provocatively selling milk gives a prudish crusader for public decency more than he can handle.

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