赫尔穆特厌倦了周游世界。从亚洲回来后，他决定在阿伦桑德拉的家里呆一段时间，一个很长时间的朋友。她住在一个美丽的岛上，在那里她正在做艺术。赫尔穆特在旅行中带回了一些关于秘密仪式的旧手稿，他决定在和亚历山德拉重新开始性关系后与她分享

一个德国导演试图翻拍意大利导演帕索里尼的《索多玛的120天》，结果事与愿违.....

Alain Revent, a seductive and refined man, derives a peculiar satisfaction from debasing his wives. The first, driven to the brink of despair, throws herself out of a window. Enlisting the help of an equally perverse casual acquaintance, Dino, the "handsome brute" proceeds to emotionally torture his second wife, Nathalie. The sadistic plan is picked up on by Officer Leroy who suspects the truth. Will he be able to snatch the unfortunate woman from the evil Alain's clutches?

什么是真实？什么是虚构？影片中英国作家路易斯·弗雷丁在写小说思路受阻，无从下笔时，在他的妻子从国外度假回来后，他转向写一部关于一位女人找到自我的电影脚本。他的妻子在国外没有找到自我，但在电梯里遇到了一位自称是诗人的德国年轻人，二人有了暧昧的关系。后来，那位德国年轻人去了英国，他被邀请在路易斯家中做客喝茶，并表白他很喜欢和欣赏路易斯的书。那位德国年轻人真正喜欢的是什么呢？是路易斯的书呢？还是路易斯的妻子？路易斯对此深感有趣但也迷惑不解，这位小说家把这位德国年轻人的形象塑造在他的脚本中。

1976 film by Tinto Brass

"The Witch Burnt Alive"
After a very long, but visually arresting animated opening credits sequence, Luchino Visconti (Death in Venice) directs the first story, which is the longest of the five, taking approximately a third of the film's running length. Mangano plays a superstar actress and model who travels to a mountain resort, only to find the well-to-do inhabitants have prejudices and preconceived notions about her based on her public persona. The women are all jealous and the men all want to sleep with her, but all Mangano wants is to be left alone. It's a mostly somber satirical piece, but story-wise, it languishes in its modest idea a bit long, becoming inconsequential to all but those fascinated by the realities of being famous.
"Community Spirit"
Bolognini's piece isn't really a story. It's more of a visual gag, in a short segment that features Mangano offering to take an injured man to a hospital, driving him at breakneck speed throughout the city, but not stopping at locations where he might find aid. I won't give away the punchline here, but it succeeds in being amusing, even if it's the kind of thing that only is interesting the first time through.
"The Earth Seen from the Moon"
The esteemed writer/director, Pier Paolo Pasolini (Salo), crafts the middle segment, which is the most artistic and memorable of the five. Reminiscent in style to "Don Quixote", a recently widowed father and his son travel around the country in search of a new wife and mother, and after a long period, they discover the literally speechless Mangano. She brings joy into their lives, but they are poor, and in order to find a better life for themselves, they concoct a scheme to try to make some quick cash. The story is contrived, and not completely interesting, but the outlandish performances, artwork, and costumes does evoke great charm and likeability. Although mute, it's probably the most appealing of Mangano's five performances, and Toto is terrific.
"The Sicilian"
Franco Rossi directs the fourth an shortest piece, a straight-forward revenge story that comes and goes before it ever has a chance of becoming interesting. It's violent, but easily the least satisfying of the five stories.
"A Night Like Any Other"
Eastwood's appearance is clearly the biggest attraction here, which was filmed in between the Sergio Leone "Dollars" trilogy. It's an enjoyable departure from his normal roles, playing a comedic romantic lead, and he is affably fun to watch. Famed Italian director, Vittorio de Sica (The Bicycle Thief, Umberto D.) does a masterful job with the story, which perfectly blends the mundane and the fantasy in a visually satisfying way. The story is about a bored housewife (Mangano, of course), who tries in vain to get her husband to realize that he is not as romantic as he used to be. The scene is interspersed with comedic romance sequences revolving around the couple's past romantic interludes, and dreams of how their lives should be.

维斯康提后期喜欢以贵族家庭内部的矛盾纠葛为主要题材，毕竟他自己也出生贵族家庭。本片属于这类题材，但却是他最不为人熟知的一部。他的老搭档兰开斯特扮演一个住在罗马豪华公寓里的收藏绘画的美国退休老教授，电影通过他的角度审视了一个贵族家庭内部的种种状况。该家庭搬进了艺术家的楼上，家族里充满了堕落、仇恨、妒忌等不为人知的内幕，老教授与他们产生了不可调和的矛盾，也使自己陷入疯狂和混乱之中。

1774, a few years before the French Revolution, somewhere between Potsdam and Berlin... Madame de Dumeval, the Duke of Tesis and the Duke of Wand, libertines expelled from the Puritan court of Louis XVI, sought the support of the legendary Duke of Walchen, a seducer and free thinker from Germany, alone in a country where hypocrisy and false virtue reigned. Their mission: to export libertinage to Germany, a philosophy of enlightenment based on the rejection of morality and authority but also, and above all, to find a safe place to continue their misguided games.

1969 film by Luchino Visconti

In 1930s Italy, a wealthy Jewish family tries to maintain their privileged lifestyle, hosting friends for tennis and parties at their villa. As anti-Semitism intensifies under Fascism, they must ultimately face the horrors of the Holocaust.

The life story of Italian violinist and composer, Niccolò Paganini, who rose to fame as a virtuoso in the early 19th Century.

2014 film by Bertrand Bonello

1973 film directed by Luchino Visconti

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.