Juliet of the Spirits
(Giulietta degli spiriti)
Recently Restored
With Giulietta Masina, Mario Pisu, Sandro Milo.
Italy, 1965, 35mm, color, 145 min.
Italian with English subtitles.
Considered the anima (the female counterpoint) to the animus of Fellini’s 8 1/2, Fellini’s first color film ventures deeply into the surreal as it explores the repressed desires of a bourgeois housewife. Giulietta Masina stars as a middle-aged woman haunted by hallucinations from her past and subconscious. While her husband philanders, the woman consults clairvoyants and mediums and escapes into a world of the imagination drawn from the “spirits” of her past, present, and future. In an effort to prevent her world from crumbling, she confronts the specters and fantasies that have imprisoned her throughout her life. A lavish and baroque visual spectacle, Juliet of the Spirits boasts the brilliant photography of Gianni de Venanzo and the opulent designs of Piero Gheradi.
Part of film series
Screenings from this program
La dolce vita
Juliet of the Spirits
La dolce vita
8 1/2
Casanova
City of Women
Ginger and Fred
8 1/2
