''Sex Quartet'' (US title: ''The Queens'', it, Le fate, 'the fairies') is a 1966 Italian-French

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directed by

Mario Monicelli Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the ''Commedia all'Italiana'' (Comedy Italian style). He was nominated six times for an Oscar, and was awa ...

Mauro Bolognini Mauro Bolognini (28 June 1922 – 14 May 2001) was an Italian film and stage director of literate sensibility, known for his masterly handling of period subject matter. Early years Bolognini was born in Pistoia, in the Tuscany region of Italy. ...

Antonio Pietrangeli Antonio Pietrangeli (19 January 191912 July 1968) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was a major practitioner of the Commedia all'italiana genre. Biography Pietrangeli was born in Rome. He started in the film industry by writing ...

and Luciano Salce. It starred

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, Claudia Cardinale, Monica Vitti and Raquel Welch.

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 Jean Sorel (; born 25 September 1934) is a French actor. Born Jean Bernard de Chieusses de Combaud de Roquebrune, he worked extensively in European cinema during the 1960s and 1970s with directors such as Luis Buñuel and Luchino Visconti. How ...

as Luigi (segment "Fata Elena") * Alberto Sordi as Giovanni (segment "Fata Marta") *

as Marta (segment "Fata Marta") *

Olga Villi Olga Villi (20 January 1922 – 12 August 1989), was an Italian model and actress. Life and career Born in Suzzara, Mantua as Olga Villani, Villi began to work, only twelve years old, as a saleswoman and seamstress at the Milanese fashion ...

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

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* 1966 films 1960s Italian-language films 1966 comedy films Films directed by Mario Monicelli Films directed by Mauro Bolognini Films directed by Antonio Pietrangeli Films directed by Luciano Salce Films set in Rome Films with screenplays by Suso Cecchi d'Amico Films with screenplays by Ruggero Maccari Films scored by Armando Trovajoli Italian comedy films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-comedy-film-stub