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Synopsis: One year in a small northern Italian coastal town in the late 1930s is presented. The slightly off-kilter cast of characters are affected by time and location, the social mores dictated largely by Catholicism and the national fervor surrounding Il Duce aka Benito Mussolini and Fascism. The stories loosely center on a mid-teen named Titta and his household including his adolescent brother, his ever supportive mother who is always defending him against his father, his freeloading maternal Uncle Lallo, and his paternal grandfather who slyly has eyes and hands for the household maid. Other townsfolk include: Gradisca, the town beauty, who can probably have any man she wants, but generally has no one as most think she out of their league; Volpina, the prostitute; Giudizio, the historian; a blind accordionist; and an extremely buxom tobacconist. The several vignettes presented include: the town bonfire in celebration of spring; life at Titta's school with his classmates and teachers; Aurelio
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Federico Fellini
Production: Janus Films
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 18 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
R
Year:
1973
123 min
1,960 Views


l want a woman!

e's up there!

Come down, Teo,

or you'll hurt yourself.

Go get a ladder!

ls this how you keep an eye on him?

How did he get up there?

l'll go up and get him.

l'm gonna pound you

into the ground!

l want a woman!

ow did he get up there?

lf he falls, he'll break his neck.

- Go inside and stop being dramatic!

- Dramatic?

ow did this happen?

We were having a drink,

and suddenly -

e climbed up there like a cat.

Are you throwing stones

at your old dad?

Get down here!

That's enough now!

Aurelio, don't you go crazy

on me too!

Teo, you've upset your brother.

Come down now!

l want a woman!

Quite a normal urge, actually.

He's 42 years old.

Yeah, but he's gonna fall.

When l was 42...

l'm telling you.

That's enough now!

Come down, Teo!

Good shot, Uncle!

Right in the head!

My head!

l'm coming up now.

Don't throw anything at me.

We'll take some birds home -

- You want to kill us all?

- l'm going up there.

Yes, sirree!

Throw one at me

and you'll hear about it!

What a shot!

Bastard! l hope somebody

kicks you in the nuts!

Christ, what'll l do now?

Jerk off?

l'm an a**hole,

a stupid a**hole!

We're all going home.

Driver, hitch up the horse.

We're going home.

Come on, everyone.

We're going home.

- You just gonna leave him up there?

- Yes! itch up the horse.

- Whatever you say.

- Dad! Titta!

Get your mother.

Where's your mother?

- You're leaving him there?

- e's fine.

Let's go! l want to go home.

- But he's my son!

Aurelio, listen.

l want a woman!

Teo, we're going.

Come down!

- But he's sick!

- We're just pretending. Come on!

Aurelio, let me climb up.

l'll talk to him.

l'll get him down.

Everyone in the carriage!

We're leaving right now!

Get in!

Teo, you gonna stay up there?

We're going now. lt's late.

lt's getting dark.

Who'll take you back?

You gonna stay up there?

All right, then. Bye!

Come down!

Teo, oly Mother of God!

Are you gonna come down?

We're leaving!

Go!

- Teo, come down!

- Bye, Uncle!

e'll kill us all today.

Come on, everyone out!

No questions!

What are you crying about?

You drive to the hospital

and get the attendants.

urry, or l'll throw myself

down the well!

What are you crying about?

lt's one big laugh riot!

Listen to the poor boy.

Feeling better?

l want a woman!

l can't stand any more!

Make him shut up!

- Dad.

What do you want?

Shall l go and get Volpina?

Dad, look!

Mamma, they're here.

- Evening, Doctor.

- What's happened?

- e's up the tree.

- Nice place. ls all this yours?

lt's just an old farm.

e's been up there

for five hours.

You can't see him now

because of the foliage.

- What did you do to him?

- Nothing.

He's been shouting

and throwing stones.

l hope he won't be like this

his whole life.

A dwarf nun!

lt'll be bad for him

and worse for us.

Don't worry.

She'll take care of it.

Been getting some fresh air?

ls she going up?

Come down now! l'm not going

to play these damn silly games!

Jesus, look at that!

She got him right down!

She got him down,

and he's all happy.

ere he is.

Up to your tricks again,

were you?

What were you doing up there?

Counting how many stones

fig trees grow this season.

Go on now.

Take him home.

Some days he's normal, some days not.

Just like the rest of us.

- Bye, Uncle.

- Titta, take care.

You can see Gigino's place

from up there.

l haven't seen him in so long.

Between 1 1 :
00 and midnight,

in Caghetta's boat.

lt's 30 stories high,

with 1 6 smokestacks.

Think what a pirate could do

with a ship like that.

Where's Ronald Colman?

l don't see him.

urray for Gradisca!

ello, sister.

Your steamboat.

Climb aboard.

Where are all these people going?

Where are they going

with hearts pounding?

Today is a very important day

for our country, for the fatherland.

Come on, we're off!

lf you drop me, you'll pay.

l'd like to tell you but l can't,

because it's all still up in the air.

Where are all these people going?

- Stop busting their balls.

ow far out will it be?

Four miles. But thanks to Galileo,

it will seem like 400 feet to us.

Marvelous! lt'll seem like

it's coming straight at us.

Mr. Lawyer,

how much will it weigh?

About 2 1/2 times

the weight of the Grand otel.

Plus the Arch of Augustus.

Go thou, Queen of the Sea

"Thou passeth, and thy destiny

l shall follow in the waves,

watching your glistening wake."

Move closer to your mother.

Ma'am, move nearer to your son.

Holy sh*t!

That water's really freezing!

My nuts have shriveled

to the size of two dried beans.

- You swam all the way from the shore?

- Where else?

Freestyle.

l want to dance with you

Like this all night

The third day, l went out in my little boat

and whistled as usual.

Up jumps the dolphin

near the edge of the boat.

e looks at me

and says, "Mamma."

What a load of bull!

No, dolphins are intelligent.

My dentist told me so.

Look how many there are.

Millions and millions

and millions of stars.

Jesus Christ!

l wonder how they all

stay in place up there.

l mean,

it's pretty simple for us.

To build a house,

we use so many bricks, so much lime.

But up there, sweet Jesus!

Where do you put the foundations?

They're not made of confetti,

you know.

Miranda.

Are you asleep?

Answer me.

Are you cold?

Take my jacket.

l don't want it.

Put it around your shoulders

or you'll start complaining of a chill.

ave we got

much longer to wait?

How would l know?

They said around midnight.

But it's coming

all the way from America!

Go f*** yourselves, all of you!

Some friend, eh?

That's his way of being nice.

l was full of hope every time,

but it never came to anything.

And now...

You know how old l am?

- Fifty-two?

l'm not ashamed

to tell the truth.

ln fact, l always add on

a few years. l'm 30.

- ard to believe.

- l haven't given up hope.

l thought 27 or 28.

l want one of those encounters

that last a lifetime.

l want a family, children,

a husband to chat with

in the evening over coffee, maybe,

and to make love with now and then,

because when you must, you must.

But affection is

even more important than love,

and l'm so full of affection.

But who can l give it to?

Who will take it?

Why are you crying?

The silly girl's crying.

Because she's a delicate

and sensitive girl.

Don't cry. l'm here.

- She's right. Men are all the same.

- Don't cry, my darling.

There it is!

Dad!

The Rex!

Hurray for the Rex!

The greatest thing the regime ever built!

As the representative of the Podesta

l wish you a safe journey!

Long live ltaly!

What's it like?

Gina!

Just look at this.

Can't see a darned thing.

l'll keep to the wall.

The last fog like this was in '22.

Careful now! Stop!

There's a man here!

Well, damn it all!

Gina!

Where am l?

l don't seem to be anywhere.

lf death is like this,

l don't think much of it.

Everything's gone:

people, trees, birds, wine.

Well, up yours!

Dino!

l can't even find my house.

Where am l?

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Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (Italian: [fedeˈriːko felˈliːni]; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Known for his distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness, he is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. His films have ranked, in polls such as Cahiers du cinéma and Sight & Sound, as some of the greatest films of all time. Sight & Sound lists his 1963 film 8½ as the 10th-greatest film of all time. In a career spanning almost fifty years, Fellini won the Palme d'Or for La Dolce Vita, was nominated for twelve Academy Awards, and directed four motion pictures that won Oscars in the category of Best Foreign Language Film. In 1993, he was awarded an honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement at the 65th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles.Besides La Dolce Vita and 8½, his other well-known films include La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, Juliet of the Spirits, Satyricon, Amarcord and Fellini's Casanova. more…

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