Capriccio All'italiana (1968) May 2026

: Often cited as the film's poetic masterpiece, this Pasolini segment follows marionettes (played by Totò and Ninetto Davoli ) performing Othello. When they are eventually thrown into a garbage heap, they look up at the sky for the first time, marveling at the beauty of the clouds—finally free from their strings.

: Directed by Mario Monicelli , it tells the story of a nurse who is horrified to find the children in her care reading "corrupting" modern comics. To save them, she reads them classic fairy tales, unaware that the old-world violence of wolves and ogres is far more traumatizing than any comic book. Capriccio all'italiana (1968)

: Directed by Steno , this segment features the legendary Totò as a man obsessed with "civilizing" the youth. He spends his Sundays kidnapping long-haired "beatniks" just to forcibly give them masculine haircuts, a satirical jab at the older generation's fear of the counterculture. : Often cited as the film's poetic masterpiece,