Juliet of the Spirits (1965) poster
1965 · drama · fantasy

Juliet of the Spirits

Directed by Federico Fellini2h 28m1965
ElsewhereIMDb7.415kRT79%Metacritic84TMDB7.2338
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Neutral, measured, measured drama / fantasy, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.

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Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits and learns more about herself and her painful past. Slightly skeptical, but intrigued, she visits a mystic who gives her more information -- and nudges her toward the realization that her husband is indeed a philanderer.

Our read · Juliet of the Spirits (1965) reads as a neutral, measured, surreal drama · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.

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You want Fellini's color-saturated séance through one woman's psychic interior life.

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Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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