Rent The Ape Woman (1964)
3.8 of 5 from 52 ratings
1h 33min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
Famously irreverent, Ferreri was so off-beat and scathing as an author implacably dissecting our societal mores in all his masterful films, that he was labelled 'dangerous'! The film is inspired by a true story of the nihilistically cruel exploitation of a young carnival performer, Julia Pastrana, whose body was completely covered in hairs. She is brought to life here by an extraordinary Annie Girardot - France's highest-paid actress of the time - in a natural measured and elegant performance from which emanates the ambiguous emotion of being alluring yet devastatingly poignant as 'the ape woman'. An unscrupulous hustler (a magnificent Ugo Tognazzi), discovers the young woman in a convent and marries her in order to get her on the freak-show circuit and cash in on the distinctive appearance of her body and face covered in hairs. - Actors:
- Ugo Tognazzi, Annie Girardot, Achille Majeroni, Filippo Pompa Marcelli, Ermelinda De Felice, Elvira Paolini, Ugo Rossi, Donna Badoglio, Antonio Altoviti, Jacques Ruet, Tonino Cianci, Vittoria Esposito, Eva Belami, Marco Ferreri
- Directors:
- Marco Ferreri
- Producers:
- Carlo Ponti
- Writers:
- Rafael Azcona, Marco Ferreri
- Aka:
- La donna scimmia
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch if You Like: King Kong
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 11/10/2021
- Run Time:
- 98 minutes
- Languages:
- Italian LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Close Captioned, English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Two separate film endings: Director's and Producer's versions
- Exclusive 90 min documentary on Marco Ferreri with Gerard Depardieu, Philippe Noiret, Christophe Lambert, Ornella Muti
