City of Women

7.0
Moderate
19802h 20m

Directed by

Overview

The charismatic Snaporaz encounters an alluring woman on a train and pursues her through a forest. He ends up at a hotel populated by women gathered for a feminist conference, where he is an unwanted presence. Snaporaz soon discovers he’s entered a phantasmagoric world where women have taken power.

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City of Women (1980) is a surreal comic adventure from Federico Fellini, blending fantasy and satire. The story follows a man who, chasing an alluring stranger off a train, wanders into a dreamlike realm where a feminist gathering has assembled and where conventional power has been upended. Flamboyant and phantasmagoric, the film unfolds as a procession of fantastical set pieces, dream logic, and theatrical excess. It probes male desire, midlife anxiety, and shifting relations between the sexes with provocative, exaggerated imagery. Best suited to admirers of art-house cinema and Fellini's baroque imagination. It holds a MagicMovieScore of 7.0.

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Marcello Mastroianni - Snàporaz in City of Women

Marcello Mastroianni

Snàporaz

Anna Prucnal - Elena, the Wife in City of Women

Anna Prucnal

Elena, the Wife

Bernice Stegers - Lady on the Train in City of Women

Bernice Stegers

Lady on the Train

Jole Silvani - Motorcyclist in City of Women

Jole Silvani

Motorcyclist

Donatella Damiani - Donatella, Woman on Roller Skates in City of Women

Donatella Damiani

Donatella, Woman on Roller Skates

Ettore Manni - Dr. Xavier Katzone in City of Women

Ettore Manni

Dr. Xavier Katzone

Fiammetta Baralla - Oliver Hardy in City of Women

Fiammetta Baralla

Oliver Hardy

Hélène Calzarelli - Feminist in City of Women

Hélène Calzarelli

Feminist

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6.3
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6.35
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±0.12
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282 ratings. The score is reasonably stable but could shift up to 0.12 as more ratings come in.

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Movie Info

Release Date

March 28, 1980

Runtime

2h 20m

Rating

R

Genres

Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Director

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