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Juliet of the Spirits (Italian: Giulietta degli spiriti) 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 of a middle-aged woman that help her 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 a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1966.

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Plot

Giulietta explores her subconscious and the odd lifestyle of her sexy neighbour, Suzy, as she attempts to deal with her mundane life and her philandering oppressive husband, Giorgio. As she increasingly taps into her desires (and her demons) she slowly gains greater self-awareness leading to independence although, according to Fellini's wife, the real-life Giulietta, this end result may be interpretable.

Cast

Giulietta Masina as Giulietta Boldrini

Sandra Milo as Suzy / Iris / Fanny

Mario Pisu as Giorgio, Giulietta's husband

Valentina Cortese as Valentina

Valeska Gert as Pijma

José De Villalonga as Giorgio's friend

Fredrich Ledebur as Headmaster / Saint

Caterina Boratto as Giulietta's mother

Lou Gilbert as Grandfather

Luisa Della Noce as Adele

Silvana Jachino as Dolores

Milena Vukotic as Elisabeta, the maid

Fred Williams as Lynx-Eyes' agent

Dany París as Desperate friend

Anne Francine as Psychodramatist

Sylva Koscina as Sylva

Elena Fondra as Elena

George Ardisson as Dolores' model

Genius as Valentina's lover

Elisabetta Gray as Teresina, the tall maid

Alberto Plebani as Lynx-Eyes

Yvonne Casadei as Susy's maid

Mario Conocchia as Lawyer

Federico Valli as Lynx-Eyes' agent

Sabrina Di Sepio as Granddaughter

Asoka Rubener as Bhisma's helper

Alba Cancellieri as Giulietta as a child

Sujata Rubener as Bhisma's helper

Cesarino Miceli Picardi as Friend of Giorgio

Production

Juliet of the Spirits was shot at Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy; Fregene, Fiumicino, Rome, Lazio, Italy; and Safa-Palatino, Rome, Lazio, Italy (studio).

Awards and nominations

1965 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film Won

1966 David di Donatello Award for Best Actress (Giulietta Masina) Won

1966 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film Won

1966 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon for Best Cinematography, Color (Gianni Di Venanzo)

1966 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon for Best Production Design (Piero Gherardi) Won

1966 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actress (Sandra Milo) Won

1966 National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film Won

1966 National Board of Review Award for Top Foreign Film Won

1967 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director (Federico Fellini) Won

1967 Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Film (Federico Fellini) Won

Reception

Juliet of the Spirits holds an 86% on Rotten Tomatoes. In The New York Times, Stephen Holden wrote of a revival in 2001: "Fellini went deliriously and brilliantly bananas with the color to create a rollicking through-the-looking-glass series of tableaus evoking a woman's troubled psyche."

References

Juliet of the Spirits Wikipedia

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