The Ape Woman
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1/31/1964Runtime
92 minsOverview
A modest Neapolitan man meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. He exhibits her at fairs and marries her. It is after marriage that he receives a tempting offer from a French manager.
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A darkly comic tale of a man who transforms his wife's condition into spectacle, exploring the fine line between devotion and opportunism. The film balances tragicomedy with an unsettling portrait of desperation and desire.
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Ugo Tognazzi
Antonio Semola
Annie Girardot
Maria
Achille Majeroni
Majoroni
Filippo Pompa Marcelli
Bruno
Ermelinda De Felice
Sister Furgonicino
Elvira Paolini
Chambermaid in Paris
Ugo Rossi
Baron Rossi
Eva Belami
Marco Ferreri
Priest face in diapo in Africa (uncredited)
Regina Elena Bisio
Woman at Hospital (uncredited)
Jacques Ruet
Doctor in Paris
Tonino Cianci
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