rodrig58 A super-delicious film, with a super nice Marcello Mastroianni. Maybe because is made by a guy named Federico Fellini? Anyone heard of him and his movies? I write this here now because, living in London, United Kingdom, from 2007, I asked many people, especially people in the film business, actors, actresses, directors, etc., no one has heard of him and did not see not even one movie by him. Sad but true, very sad! Back to the review and without telling the subject of the film, like others... There are many, many women in this film, almost all feminist militants, all the actresses, most of them absolutely unknown, doing an excellent job, especially Alessandra Panelli as The Housewife and Jole Silvani as The Motorcyclist. Fellini had all the qualities to make films: great storyteller, writer, director, producer. A special quality was to find the actors, often unknown or nonprofessional(check the cast and you will see). In the starring roles, he distributes the English Bernice Stegers and the Polish Anna Prucnal, both of them very good, one better than the other. Actually, Anna Prucnal, as Elena, Mastroianni-Snàporaz's wife, is absolutely fantastic. Back to Mastroianni, his character, Snàporaz, is very close to Marcello Rubini from "La Dolce Vita" and Guido Anselmi from "8½", ie, the alter ego of Fellini. With the line "Veramente la cinquanta, ma la voglia sempre tanta!" ("I'm truly in the fifties, but the desire is always so much!"), he says it all, this is the message of the film! And, we all know, what kind of desire he's talking about. Great music by Luis Bacalov, great song by Gino Soccio ("The Visitors") used in a very expressive scene, great great cinematography by Giuseppe Rotunno. Also the editor, Ruggero Mastroianni, did a great job. Brilliant! To be seen again and again and again, to be understood and appreciated at its true value.

muoio mkion I loved this film! It is very funny especially the scene in the greenhouse. The film has fantastic visuals. The images and scenes from this film have influence so many modern films of today, such as the indoor rollerskating scene. My favorite scenes are the drugged up nymphet delinquent girls and Mastroianni sliding down a huge slide as his sexual history flashes before his eyes. The scene of the drugged girls reminds me of the glitzy 80s music video or a scene from an Argento horror film. Many believe that this film reflects women in a negative light, but I don't think it shows women in all their glory. Mastroianni is perfect in this role and quite beautiful to look at. I highly recommend it!

Ymir4 Fellini never made too many films that had absurdly intense sexual themes and dialogue. He made two, and along with `Casanova,' `The City of Women' revolves almost entirely around sex. What `City of Women' has that `Casanova' did not, however, is a beautiful child-like view of things that really makes Fellini's movies fun in the first place. It also has Marcello Mastroianni (one of my favorite actors) and gorgeous surreal cinematography by Giuseppe Rotunno. `City of Women' begins, appropriately enough, with a train going into a tunnel. Marcello Mastroianni is Snaporez, an again man on a train. He begins to flirt with the woman who is sitting across from him and follows her into the bathroom. As he reveals his lustful feelings, the train suddenly stops and she gets out. He runs after her and ends up at a hotel that appears to be hosting a feminist convention, a REALLY exaggerated and completely insane feminist convention. He soon discovers the entire land he is in is populated with women. Snaporaz is both frightened and in awe of the variety of women that surround him, and they represent virtually all viewpoints of feminist issues - from angry man-haters to whores to crazy teenage girls to dancers to roller skaters to older, more motherly women. Throughout the film the women are clearly in total control, and I interpret this film as a womanizer's nightmare, which makes perfect sense.The film is perfect by no means, but it's still a bit of a treasure if you're a Fellini fan who has explored most of his body of work, and yet are still starved for some Felliniesque fun. This film has that, and a lot of it. The greatest scene in the film is toward the end, where Snaporez crawls under a bed and comes out inside a bright beautiful carnival. He slides down a stylized rollercoaster and mentally goes through some of his life's most memorable sexual situations. This was a marvelous scene, with a beautiful carnival set, and above all, brilliantly scored by Luis Bacalov.Overall, I have no idea who will like this film. Even Fellini fans seem to dislike it, or even hate it. I found it to be a lot of fun, and visually marvelous.

Gelsomina659 Although there are a couple of scenes that drag on too long and some special effect errors, this film is yet another Fellini classic. I would say that this film is almost as good, but not as good as 8 1/2.You will laugh harder than you ever have before at a Fellini movie. The scene at the doctor's house will have you rolling on the floor.