Giuliette Degli Spiriti aka Juliet Of The Spirits
1965
A delightful, visually inventive fantasy, Federico Fellini's JULIET OF THE SPIRITS is about a bored Italian housewife (Giulietta Masina, Fellini's real-life wife) who finds relief from the mundane--and her philandering husband (Mario Pisu)--through sensual escapades in the spirit realm. This fantastic world just happens to be .. Read more
| Starring | Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Valentina Cortese |
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| Director | Federico Fellini |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Giuliette Degli Spiriti aka Juliet Of The Spirits
A delightful, visually inventive fantasy, Federico Fellini's JULIET OF THE SPIRITS is about a bored Italian housewife (Giulietta Masina, Fellini's real-life wife) who finds relief from the mundane--and her philandering husband (Mario Pisu)--through sensual escapades in the spirit realm. This fantastic world just happens to be in Juliet's subconscious and is populated with people both from her past and her imagination. As Juliet spends more time in touch with her desires, she slowly gains more independence.
| Starring | Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Valentina Cortese, Valeska Gert |
|---|---|
| Director | Federico Fellini |
| Studio | NOUVEAUX PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 1 min |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Released | DVD: 15 Aug 2005 Production year: 1965 |
| Format | DVD |
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What 82 did for its bourgeois film-director hero, Juliet of the Spirits does for his female opposite number, a... read more on Time Out
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A colourful Fellini fantasy...an essential collectors piece
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A one-off
Giuliette Degli Spiriti is a very strange film indeed. The title character is a fairly affluent housewife who suspects her husband is having an affair. The rest of the film sees her use dreams and mystical experiences to come to terms with the situation. Surreal interludes seem to pop out of nowhere to variable effect. It's sometimes disturbing, sometimes enchanting but it's certainly never dull. The performances were good, the sets and costumes amazing, but I absolutely hated the incidental music (which I found to be far from incidental) but that's just me. It's unlike any other film I've seen (including other Fellini films) and is probably worth watching for that reason alone. Unless you're fluent in Italian I'd recommend turning the sound down though.
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
A one-off
Giuliette Degli Spiriti is a very strange film indeed. The title character is a fairly affluent housewife who suspects her husband is having an affair. The rest of the film sees her use dreams and mystical experiences to come to terms with the situation. Surreal interludes seem to pop out of nowhere to variable effect. It's sometimes disturbing, sometimes enchanting but it's certainly never dull. The performances were good, the sets and costumes amazing, but I absolutely hated the incidental music (which I found to be far from incidental) but that's just me. It's unlike any other film I've seen (including other Fellini films) and is probably worth watching for that reason alone. Unless you're fluent in Italian I'd recommend turning the sound down though.
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