The Oldest Profession (1967) [N/A]

Featuring:
Michèle Mercier, Enrico Maria Salerno, Gabriele Tinti

Written by:
Ennio Flaiano
Daniel Boulanger
Georges Tabet

Directed by:
Claude Autant-Lara, Mauro Bolognini, Philippe de Broca


Release Date:
April 7, 1967

Original Title:
Le Plus Vieux Métier du monde

Alternate Titles:
Anticipation
Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000
Aujourd'hui
Az Eshgh ta Havas
El amor a través de los siglos
El amor a través del tiempo
Het oudste beroep van de Wereld
L'amour à travers les âges
L'ère préhistorique
La belle époque
Love Through the Centuries
Mademoiselle Mimi
Nuits romaines
O Amor Através dos Tempos
Paris Today
Roman Nights
The Gay Nineties
The Oldest Profession in the World
The Prehistoric Era
To pio palio epaggelma tou kosmou
Древнейшая профессия в мире

Genres:
Comedy | Drama

Production Companies:
Francoriz Production
Les Films Gibé
Rialto Film
Rizzoli Film

Production Countries:
France | Germany | Italy

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 119

A collection of sketches that tells the story of prostitution through the ages.

A collection of sketches on prostitution through the ages. 1) "The Prehistoric Era": A caveman discovers that a cavewoman is more attractive when cave paint is applied to her face. And she can earn more seashells that way. 2) "Roman Nights": The Emperor (Gastone Moschin) goes out seeking a little nocturnal amusement, only to find that the high-priced, Oriental courtesan he hires is his wife, the Empress (Elsa Martinelli). 3) "Mademoiselle Mimi": In revolutionary France, Mimi finds that her client, the nephew of a marquis, is more interested in watching the guillotinings out her window than he is in going to bed. 4) "The Gay Nineties": When Nini (Raquel Welch) discovers by accident that her antiquated customer is a banker, she pretends to be an honest woman who has fallen in love with him. She even pays him, just like a gigolo. 5) "Paris Today": Two girls pick up clients by driving around in a car, and then an ambulance. Police pull the vehicle over for speeding. 6) "Anticipation": Demetrius (Jacques Charrier) has just arrived on Earth from another galaxy. But the girl brought to him by the commissar, Hostess 703 (Anna Karina), is not a "physical love" girl; she's a "sentimental love" one, who only knows how to excite men with language.

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