8½
A picture that goes beyond what men think about - because no man ever thought about it in quite this way!
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Release Date
2/14/1963Runtime
139 minsGenres
Overview
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
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A dazzling, dreamlike meditation on creative paralysis and the weight of expectation, where a filmmaker's inner world of memory and fantasy becomes as real as the demanding circus of people surrounding him. It's playful yet profound, structured like a fever dream rather than a conventional story.
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Marcello Mastroianni
Guido Anselmi
Anouk Aimée
Luisa Anselmi
Sandra Milo
Carla
Claudia Cardinale
Claudia
Rossella Falk
Rossella
Barbara Steele
Gloria Morin
Madeleine Lebeau
Madeleine, the French Actress
Caterina Boratto
Mysterious Lady
Eddra Gale
La Saraghina
Guido Alberti
Pace, the Producer
Mario Conocchia
Conocchia, the Production Manager
Bruno Agostini
Bruno, the Second Production Secretary
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