Juliet of the Spirits

For the song by the B-52s, see Juliet of the Spirits (song).

Juliet of the Spirits
Italian theatrical release poster
ItalianGiulietta degli spiriti
Directed byFederico Fellini
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Federico Fellini
  • Tullio Pinelli
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGianni Di Venanzo
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni
Music byNino Rota
Production
companies
  • Federiz
  • Francoriz Production
Distributed by
  • Cineriz (Italy)
  • Inter France Distribution (France)
Release dates
  • 22 October 1965 (1965-10-22) (France)
  • 23 October 1965 (1965-10-23) (Italy)
Running time
Countries
  • Italy
  • France
LanguageItalian

Juliet of the Spirits (Italian: Giulietta degli spiriti) is a 1965 fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini and starring Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Valentina Cortese, and Valeska Gert. The film is about the visions, memories, and mysticism that help a middle-aged woman find the strength to leave her philandering husband. The film uses "caricatural types and dream situations to represent a psychic landscape".[2] It was Fellini's first feature-length color film, but followed his use of color in "The Temptation of Doctor Antonio" episode in the portmanteau film, Boccaccio '70 (1962).

The film was shown in competition at the 26th Venice International Film Festival; and received Academy Award nominations for Best Costume Design and Best Set Decoration. It won the 1966 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Giulietta Masina won a David di Donatello for her performance. Woody Allen loosely remade it with his 1990 film Alice.[3]

  1. ^ "Juliet of the Spirits (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 26 January 1966. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  2. ^ Fellini 1995, p. 188.
  3. ^ Stevenson, Billy (15 October 2016). "Mia of the Spirits: Woody Allen's Alice (1990)". Bright Lights Film Journal. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2020.