The Ape Woman (1964)
- Original title
- La donna scimmia
- Directed by
- Marco Ferreri
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 59 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A woman with a condition that makes her appear apelike is exhibited as a freak show attraction. Her handler marries her and continues to profit from displaying her.
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What happens
The Ape Woman (Italian: La donna scimmia, French: Le Mari de la femme à barbe) is a 1964 Italian-French satirical drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. The film was inspired by the real-life story of Julia Pastrana, a 19th-century woman who was exploited as a freak show attraction. In 2008, the film was included in the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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