| The Ape Woman | |
|---|---|
 Italian DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Marco Ferreri |
| Written by | Rafael Azcona Marco Ferreri |
| Produced by | Carlo Ponti |
| Starring | Ugo Tognazzi Annie Girardot |
| Cinematography | Aldo Tonti |
| Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
| Music by | Teo Usuelli |
Production companies | Compagnia Cinematografica Champion Les Films Marceau Cocinor |
Release dates | |
Running time | 94 minutes (director's cut)[4] 98 minutes (French version)[4] |
| Countries | Italy France |
| Languages | Italian French |
The Ape Woman (Italian: La donna scimmia, French: Le Mari de la femme à barbe) is a 1964 Italian-French satirical drama film directed by Marco Ferreri.[5] The film was inspired by the real-life story of Julia Pastrana, a 19th-century woman who was exploited as a freak show attraction.[5]
In 2008, the film was included in the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."[6]
- ^ "La donna scimmia". Il cinema ritrovato (in Italian). 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ Garavaglia, Alessandro (2023). Tognazzi '60. Bibliotheka. ISBN 9788869347535.
- ^ "La donna scimmia". Ciné-Ressources (in French). Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ a b "The Ape Woman". DVD Beaver. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ a b Bradshaw, Peter (7 October 2021). "The Ape Woman review – freakshow satire with bizarre alternative-ending payoff". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 11 March 2021.