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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Federico Fellini (story) &
Tullio Pinelli (story) ...
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Release Date:
3 November 1965 (USA) more
Tagline:
Fellini's Masterpiece !
Plot:
Visions, memories, and mysticism all help a 40-something woman to find the strength to leave her cheating husband. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins more
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Fantasy informing and transforming reality. more (39 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Giulietta Masina | ... | Giulietta Boldrini | |
| Sandra Milo | ... | Suzy / Iris / Fanny | |
| Mario Pisu | ... | Giorgio (Giulietta's husband) | |
| Valentina Cortese | ... | Valentina | |
| Valeska Gert | ... | Pijma | |
| José Luis de Villalonga | ... | Giorgio's friend (as José De Villalonga) | |
| Friedrich von Ledebur | ... | Medium (as Fredrich Ledebur) | |
| Caterina Boratto | ... | Giulietta's mother | |
| Lou Gilbert | ... | Grandfather | |
| Luisa Della Noce | ... | Adele | |
| Silvana Jachino | ... | Dolores | |
| Milena Vukotic | ... | Elisabetta - the maid | |
| Fred Williams | ... | Lynx-Eyes' agent | |
| Dany París | ... | Desperate friend | |
| Anne Francine | ... | Psychodramatist |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Juliet of the Spirits (USA)
Juliette des esprits (France)
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Runtime:
137 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Italy:VM14 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Singapore:PG
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Federico Fellini's first full-color feature. more
Quotes:
Giorgio:
Jose owns one of the biggest bull farms. Sometimes at night this madman puts on his own bullfight.
Giulietta Boldrini:
What courage! Isn't it dangerous?
Giorgio's friend:
No, signora, it's poetry. Poetry is never dangerous. My best friends are toreadors. They compose music, write verse, and abhor blood.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Familiar Spirits (1966) (TV) more
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One of Fellini's most accessible films (his use of color really helps), he once again plays reality against an active fantasy life... fantasies that combine memory, fears, fleeting desires and the way we imagine the lives of others. For me, one of the things that makes a film 10 star is that it provides something that only film can provide, and this is it; while the presentation is very theatrical, this quick intercutting of time/memory/mood can only be done in film.
While the overall message is a very conservative (pre/anti-feminist) one of it's day, Fellini DOES liberate a woman's fantasy life, and this is the essence of his leading "little woman." The predominant action of the film is in her imagination.
This was the day when middle/upper class Italian women did not work, and Masina represents the "good little woman." Rich enough to have servants, there was little to occupy her time or mind, other than similar friends who have veered to the outre and weird just to have something to do. Masina's character searches more internally, and her fantasies color her vision of the lives of others. (Note that her usual circle of friends are equated with a fantasy of death, and you'll be clued into her psyche as these begin.)
I think you have to have lived a bit to "get" Fillini - I didn't like his work when I was younger - I love this. Also note his use of color as "percieved color" not literal color and this is worth many viewings.
And finally, if you are a larger woman... nothing makes you feel so great about being a large woman as watching Fellini's glorious Amazons!