Women of the World (1963)
- Original title
- La donna nel mondo
- Directed by
- Franco E. Prosperi, Franco Prosperi, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Paolo Cavara
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- 18
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 15 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film is a collection of travelogue scenes showing the lives of women around the world. It aims to shock and surprise Western audiences with exotic and sometimes staged depictions of feminine life and sexual practices.
voyeuristicsensationalisttitillatingshockingdatedexploitativeepisodicexoticizing
What happens
Women of the World (original title La donna nel mondo) is a 1963 Italian mondo film, also described as a "shockumentary", written and directed by filmmakers Gualtiero Jacopetti, Paolo Cavara, and Franco Prosperi. It was rushed into release on 30 January, following the international box-office success achieved by its predecessor, the initial mondo film, Mondo Cane, which premiered in Italy ten months earlier, 30 March 1962. The English language print was narrated by Peter Ustinov. Following the pattern set by the original concept and consisting mostly of leftover footage from the first film, Women of the World is, again, a series of travelogue vignettes which provide glimpses into the lives of its title subjects, with the intention of shocking or surprising Western film audiences. However, unlike the previous film which had no specific central subject matter, but rather presented a kaleidoscopic display of shocking content, the second film was marketed as directly promising a titillating display of feminine flesh and intrigue as well as exotic sexual practices. As with the first film, despite its claims of being a genuine documentary, a number of the depicted scenes are either staged or creatively manipulated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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World by Night No. 2 (1961)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.