Inspiriert von Boccaccios Novellen dreht sich jede Episode um Sex, Liebe und Verführung im Italien der 1960er Jahre, einer Zeit des wirtschaftlichen Wachstums und großer kultureller Veränderungen.

“Boccaccio 70” is an episodic film about morality and love in the present: “The Temptation” is about an uptight guardian of morals (Peppino De Filippo) who is increasingly driven out of his mind by an offensive advertising wall with a lascivious Anita Ekberg in front of his house. In “The Job“, a young countess (Romy Schneider) tries her hand as a call girl after she discovers that her husband regularly brings whores into the house. Her first client is, of all people, her own husband. “The Grand Prize” tells the story of the attractive shooting gallery owner Zoe (Sophia Loren), who offers herself as the grand prize because she is short of money. The winner gets to spend a night with her…