Le Fate (aka The Queens) (1966)

An omnibus film featuring four comedic short stories revolving around four striking women. In the first, a young woman (Monica Vitti) is rescued from a rape attempt by a motorist (Renzo Giovampietro), who gets turned on by Vitti's detailed description of the rape attempt. In the second, an opportunistic tramp (Claudia Cardinale) uses her baby to con money from strangers. In the third, a bourgeois housewife (Raquel Welch) seduces her husband's friend (Jean Sorel) while her husband is asleep. In the fourth, a haughty rich socialite (Capucine) seduces her chauffeur (Alberto Sordi) whenever she's drunk but when sober can't remember what she did. The segments were directed respectively by Luciano Salce, Mario Monicelli, Mauro Bolognini and Antonio Pietrangeli. The first and fourth are the most successful. The Vitti segment flirts with crossing the line (rape just isn't amusing) but fortunately never quite does and Vitti is a delicious and sexy comedienne. The fourth one is quite poignant really. The elegant Capucine, almost always stiff in her dramatic parts, sparkles in her comedic roles (PINK PANTHER, WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT?) and she's a delight here as is Sordi as her besotted and befuddled chauffeur. With Enrico Maria Salerno, who provides a "twist" in the Vitti segment.