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Juliet of the Spirits

(Giulietta degli spiriti, Federico Fellini, 1965)

New Restoration

Still of Giulietta (Giulietta Masina), who has short, light brown hair and is wearing a white blouse. Her hands are pressed together at her chest as if in prayer, and there are streams of red fire climbing up the metal-barred fence on either side of her and a doily with yellow ribbons against the fence behind her.

Fellini’s first film in color, Juliet of the Spirits stars his wife and muse Giulietta Masina as a woman who turns to spiritualism to cope with her husband’s infidelity.

She is haunted by hallucinations, perhaps even supernatural forces, that tell her she would be happier pursuing a life centered on pleasure and sexual exploration. Visually stunning, the film lends itself to deep analysis when one considers Fellini said he made it as a gift to Masina. (137 mins., 4K DCP)

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Still of Giulietta (Giulietta Masina), who has short, light brown hair and is wearing a white blouse. Her hands are pressed together at her chest as if in prayer, and there are streams of red fire climbing up the metal-barred fence on either side of her and a doily with yellow ribbons against the fence behind her.

Juliet of the Spirits, image courtesy of Janus Films.

Still of Giulietta (Giulietta Masina), who is wearing a white scarf around her head, a back hat, and a red sweater over a white button-down shirt. She is standing next to a tree, one hand on a leaf, looking upwards and smiling.

Juliet of the Spirits, image courtesy of Janus Films.

Retrospective: Federico Fellini is part of the Federico Fellini 100 tour, a series of centennial tributes to the director coordinated by Paola Ruggiero and Camilla Cormanni of Luce Cinecittà in Rome.

Juliet of the Spirits was digitally restored by Luce Cinecittà, Cineteca di Bologna, and Cineteca Nazionale.

FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
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ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
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Juliet of the Spirits