The Queens

This Italian-French production is a series of four short stories filmed by four different directors. They have no real connecting theme other than the titles, which suggest the lead female is a "queen" of sorts. The first episode, entitled "Queen Sabina" and based on a story by Franco Indovina, features Vitti as a young girl hitchhiking home from the beach. Two cars pick her up, and both drivers attempt to rape her. She is picked up a third time by Salerno. In a disgusting suggestion of rape inspiring sexual passion, Vitti feels her hormones acting up and chases Salerno into the woods. Next is "Queen Armenia," a confusing tale featuring Cardinale as a gypsy who tak...