City of Women

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R,2hrs 20min

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Release:

1980

Distributor:

Gaumont

Starring:

Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Prucnal, Bernice Stegers ... More

Synopsis: In this dream-sequence film, renowned Italian director Federico Fellini expounds at length on the nature, complexities, attitudes, and hang-ups of women and how this all relates to men "hunting" sexual conquests. Snaporaz (Marcello Mastroianni) is traveling in a compartment on a train when he lapses into sleep and dreams the ensuing story. He follows a woman off the train and through a field and then loses her. Soon, as a representative of the male sex in general he finds himself in a hotel, among ... Full Synopsis

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	Craig Butler, AMG Review By 1980, the brilliant Italian director Federico Fellini was in a bit of a slump. Although Casanova and Orchestra Rehearsal were good, they were not on the level of such triumphs as 8 1/2, La Strada or Amarcord. The ambitious City of Women deserves points for effort and for the breadth of imagination involved, but it ultimately is a major disappointment, a muddled, overlong and occasionally puerile ... Read Review

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	Marcello Mastroianni Snaporaz Anna Prucnal Elena Bernice Stegers Woman on train Donatella Damiani Feminist on Roller Skates

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