Juliet of the Spirits
Juliet of the Spirits (Italian: Giulietta degli spiriti) is a 1965 fantasy psychological 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).
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Italian | Giulietta degli spiriti |
Directed by | Federico Fellini |
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Cinematography | Gianni Di Venanzo |
Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
Music by | Nino Rota |
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Language | Italian |
The film was shown in competition at the 26th Venice International Film Festival; and received Academy Award nominations for Best Costume Design and Best Set Decoration. It won the 1966 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Giulietta Masina won a David di Donatello for her performance. Woody Allen loosely remade it with his 1990 film Alice.