Juliet of the Spirits

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Giulietta degli spiriti

Directed by Federico Fellini

Produced by Angelo Rizzoli, Henry Deutschmeister, Clemente Fracassi

Photography by Gianni Di Venanzo

Music by Nino Rota

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1965 0:02

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

The inhibitions... the desires... the obsessions... of a jealous woman held prisoner by her own dreams

Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits and learns more about herself and her painful past. Slightly skeptical, but intrigued, she visits a mystic who gives her more information -- and nudges her toward the realization that her husband is indeed a philanderer.

Staring Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Valentina Cortese, Valeska Gert, José Luis de Villalonga, Friedrich von Ledebur, Caterina Boratto, Lou Gilbert, Luisa Della Noce, Silvana Jachino, Milena Vukotić, Dany París, Anne Francine, Sylva Koscina, Elena Fondra, Anita Sanders, Mary Arden, Cesarino Miceli Picardi

Produced in Italy, France by Francoriz Production, Rizzoli Film

Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable.

Juliet of the Spirits is a 1965 Italian-French 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). Juliet of the Spirits won the 1966 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. [wikipedia]