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City of Women

1980 · 140 min

A restless, dreamlike carnival of grotesque imagery and sexual anxiety that drifts from set piece to set piece, more to be absorbed than followed.

Directed by
Federico Fellini
Genres
Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
Starring
Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Prucnal, Bernice Stegers
Overview
The charismatic Snaporaz encounters an alluring woman on a train and pursues her through a forest. He ends up at a hotel populated by women gathered for a feminist conference, where he is an unwanted presence. Snaporaz soon discovers he’s entered a phantasmagoric world where women have taken power.

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Directed by
Federico Fellini
Genres
Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
Starring
Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Prucnal, Bernice Stegers
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • gender
    • identity
    • obsession
    • sexuality
    • madness
    Places
    • countryside
    • single country house
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex strong
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror3
    Humour6
    Realism2
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy, adventure, fantasy
    Directed by
    Federico Fellini
    Written by
    Bernardino Zapponi, Federico Fellini
    Starring
    Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Prucnal, Bernice Stegers, Jole Silvani, Donatella Damiani, Ettore Manni, Fiammetta Baralla, Hélène Calzarelli
    Music
    Luis Bacalov
    Cinematography
    Giuseppe Rotunno
    Runtime
    140 min
    Country
    France, Italy
    Languages
    Italian

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