Juliet of the Spirits (1965)

Original title

Giulietta degli spiriti

Directed by

Federico Fellini

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, comedy film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

2h 25m

Rated

6

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 340 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged woman in a troubled marriage has vivid visions and memories that guide her toward leaving her unfaithful husband. Her journey mixes fantasy and reality as she finds inner strength.

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What happens

Juliet of the Spirits (Italian: Giulietta degli spiriti) is a 1965 fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini and starring Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Valentina Cortese, and Valeska Gert. The film is about the visions, memories, and mysticism that help a middle-aged woman find the strength to leave her philandering husband. The film uses "caricatural types and dream situations to represent a psychic landscape". It was Fellini's first feature-length color film, but followed his use of color in "The Temptation of Doctor Antonio" episode in the portmanteau film, Boccaccio '70 (1962). The film was shown in competition at the 26th Venice International Film Festival; and received Academy Award nominations for Best Costume Design and Best Set Decoration. It won the 1966 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Giulietta Masina won a David di Donatello for her performance. Woody Allen loosely remade it with his 1990 film Alice. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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