The Ape Woman

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The Ape Woman
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Film poster
Directed by Marco Ferreri
Produced by Carlo Ponti
Written by Rafael Azcona
Marco Ferreri
Starring Ugo Tognazzi
Music by Teo Usuelli
Cinematography Aldo Tonti
Edited by Mario Serandrei
Release dates
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  • 1964 (1964)
Running time
 100 minutes
Country Italy
France
Language Italian
French

The Ape Woman (Italian: La donna scimmia , French: Le Mari de la femme à barbe) is a 1964 Italian-French drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film was inspired by the real-life story of Julia Pastrana a 19th-century woman exploited as a freak show attraction by her manager Theodore Lent.

In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved.[2][3][4]

Plot

Marie, the "Ape Woman" (Annie Girardot), is completely covered with hair; the entrepreneur Focaccia (Ugo Tognazzi) discovers her in a convent in Naples; he marries her (a condition imposed by the nuns) and begins exhibiting her to the public. He tries to sell her to a man who insists on her virginity, but she is a little reluctant. After tasting success in Paris, she dies during childbirth. Focaccia recovers her mummy from the museum of natural history and exhibits it in Naples.

Cast

  • Ugo Tognazzi as Antonio Focaccia
  • Annie Girardot as Maria
  • Achille Majeroni as Majoroni
  • Filippo Pompa Marcelli as Bruno
  • Ermelinda De Felice as Sister Furgonicino (as Linda De Felice)
  • Elvira Paolini as Chambermaid
  • Ugo Rossi as Ponszoner

See also

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  2. ↑ Massimo Bertarelli, Il cinema italiano in 100 film: i 100 film da salvare, Gremese Editore, 2004, ISBN 88-8440-340-5.
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