The Ape Woman
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| Directed by | Marco Ferreri |
| Produced by | Carlo Ponti |
| Written by | Rafael Azcona Marco Ferreri |
| Starring | Ugo Tognazzi |
| Cinematography | Aldo Tonti |
| Editing by | Mario Serandrei |
| Release date(s) | 1964 |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Italy France |
| Language | Italian French |
The Ape Woman (Italian: La donna scimmia, French: Le Mari de la femme à barbe) is a 1964 Italian-French drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The movie was inspired by the real-life story of Julia Pastrana a 19th-century woman exploited as a freak show attraction by her manager Theodore Lent.
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[edit] Plot
The "Ape Woman" is Annie Girardot, completely covered with hair; the entrepreneur Tognazzi discovers her in a convent in Naples; he marries her (a condition imposed by the nuns) and begins exhibiting her to the public. He tries to sell her to a funny guy who insist on her virginity, but she is a little reluctant. After tasting success in Paris, she dies during childbirth. Tognazzi recovers her mummy from the museum of natural history and exhibits it in Naples. The subject looks a little camp, but the film is considered one of the most touching of Ferreri's.
[edit] Cast
- Ugo Tognazzi - Antonio Focaccia
- Annie Girardot - Maria
- Achille Majeroni - Majoroni
- Filippo Pompa Marcelli - Bruno
- Ermelinda De Felice - Sister Furgonicino (as Linda De Felice)
- Elvira Paolini - Chambermaid
- Ugo Rossi - Ponszoner
[edit] References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Ape Woman". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2955/year/1964.html. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
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