"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.

　　获柏林电影节评审团大奖。影片取材于意大利文艺复兴时期薄伽丘的著名小说集《十日谈》，帕索里尼从中挑选了8个（亦有说10个）发生在那不勒斯等意大利南部地区的故事进行拍摄（原著中以佛罗伦萨地区故事为主），这些故事大多以揭露教会虚伪丑恶本质为宗旨，并鲜明地表现了作者对人性解放的肯定态度。　　原著《十日谈》是意大利文艺复兴时期最重要的文学作品之一，它以十四世纪黑死病横行的时期为背景，通过十位青年所讲述的一百个故事，大胆鞭挞了当时天主教会的种种丑行，表现出平民阶层追求自由、摆脱宗教束缚的渴望。这部现实主义风格明显的作品堪称欧洲古典文学的杰作，被后人誉为和但丁《神曲》齐名的" 人曲"。　　意大利新现实主义影片后期崛起的导演帕索里尼，延续了自己六十年代以古代神话题材警醒当今世人的创作路线，以相对通俗化的手法连续改编拍摄了《十日谈》、《坎特伯雷故事》和《一千零一夜》三部古典名著影片，合称"生命三部曲"。因为这三部影片中裸露镜头较多，又采用了较为通俗的娱乐片路线，有的电影学者也称之为帕索里尼的"色情三部曲"。对此帕索里尼本人阐述了自己的创作观点："我向观众表现的是整个世界，封建的世界，在这个世界里，情欲极其深刻而狂热地起着支配一切的作用。……我要推出这个世界并且说：你们可以比较一下，我要向你们表明，我要向你们诉说，我要向你们提醒。"

获柏林电影节评审团大奖。影片取材于意大利文艺复兴时期薄伽丘的著名小说集《十日谈》，帕索里尼从中挑选了8个（亦有说10个）发生在那不勒斯等意大利南部地区的故事进行拍摄（原著中以佛罗伦萨地区故事为主），这些故事大多以揭露教会虚伪丑恶本质为宗旨，并鲜明地表现了作者对人性解放的肯定态度。　　原著《十日谈》是意大利文艺复兴时期最重要的文学作品之一，它以十四世纪黑死病横行的时期为背景，通过十位青年所讲述的一百个故事，大胆鞭挞了当时天主教会的种种丑行，表现出平民阶层追求自由、摆脱宗教束缚的渴望。这部现实主义风格明显的作品堪称欧洲古典文学的杰作，被后人誉为和但丁《神曲》齐名的 人曲。　　意大利新现实主义影片后期崛起的导演帕索里尼，延续了自己六十年代以古代神话题材警醒当今世人的创作路线，以相对通俗化的手法连续改编拍摄了《十日谈》、《坎特伯雷故事》和《一千零一夜》三部古典名著影片，合称生命三部曲。因为这三部影片中裸露镜头较多，又采用了较为通俗的娱乐片路线，有的电影学者也称之为帕索里尼的色情三部曲。对此帕索里尼本人阐述了自己的创作观点：我向观众表现的是整个世界，封建的世界，在这个世界里，情欲极其深刻而狂热地起着支配一切的作用。……我要推出这个世界并且说：你们可以比较一下，我要向你们表明，我要向你们诉说，我要向你们提醒。

　　1975年11月2日，意大利著名导演帕索里尼的尸体在罗马近郊奥斯蒂海滩被发现，死前明显受到过暴力攻击。在此之前他刚刚完成那部常被评为世界十大禁片之首的《索多玛的120天》。由于凶手被传闻是一名17岁的男妓，这个悲剧被染上香艳色彩，也有人猜测这位意见领袖的死亡完全是政治阴谋，而事情真相至今仍是个谜。　　影片择取的正是帕索里尼（威廉·达福 Willem Dafoe）被害前的最后一天。导演平静安宁的和心爱的母亲、前男友、还有《索多玛120天》的女演员用餐，与亲密的朋友聚会并分享最近的电影构思，然后驾着车穿梭在男妓聚集区搜寻一夜风流的目标。费拉拉将帕索里尼被害前正在创作下一部作品——一部充斥着大量性爱描写、探讨宇宙与真理的影片手稿，大胆的用自己的方式表现了出来，与纪实部分一起完成了颠覆性的叙事。

　　八岁的男孩亚当在托斯卡纳的乡野穿越山丘谷底，突然出现在锡耶纳的一个小镇中，在那里，他遇见了自己的小伙伴阿里安娜和马蒂诺。亚当觉得在海边能够找到自己的父母，于是三人和一只鸭子踏上了前往大海的冒险旅程。里曼多，一位游荡在乡村旅馆之间的有些孩子气的诗人向他们施以援手，三个小家伙终于来到了梦寐以求的海边，然而那里却没有亚当的父母……

　　一位访客（特伦斯·斯坦普 Terence Stamp 饰）的到来彻底改变了一个家庭的生活，虽然这个访客没有身份，没有历史，甚至连名字都没有，但家庭中的每一个人都被他诱惑为他癫狂。妻子（肖瓦娜·曼加诺 Silvana Mangano 饰），丈夫（马西莫·吉洛提 Massimo Girotti 饰），女儿（安妮·维亚泽姆斯基 Anne Wiazemsky 饰），儿子（Andrés José Cruz Soublette 饰），女佣（劳拉·贝蒂 Laura Betti 饰），每一个人都臣服于访客所带来的灵魂与欲望的纠葛之中。　　访客离开后，丈夫放弃了经营多年的工厂，妻子开始于工人们寻欢作乐，女儿陷入了内心的顽疾之中，儿子开始探索艺术带来的奇迹与喜悦，女仆的身上则显露了神迹。一切都陷入了混乱，可是依旧没有人知道，这位神秘的访客到底是何方神圣……