City of Women
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69% Critic Match

City of Women

6.9 / 10 1980 2h 20mR Italian
ComedyAdventureFantasy

Storyline

The charismatic Snaporaz encounters an alluring woman on a train and pursues her through a forest. He ends up at a hotel populated by women gathered for a feminist conference, where he is an unwanted presence. Snaporaz soon discovers he’s entered a phantasmagoric world where women have taken power.

Cast & Crew

Marcello Mastroianni

Marcello Mastroianni

Snàporaz

Lead
Anna Prucnal

Anna Prucnal

Elena, the Wife

Bernice Stegers

Bernice Stegers

Lady on the Train

Jole Silvani

Jole Silvani

Motorcyclist

Donatella Damiani

Donatella Damiani

Donatella, Woman on Roller Skates

Ettore Manni

Ettore Manni

Dr. Xavier Katzone

Fiammetta Baralla

Fiammetta Baralla

Oliver Hardy

Hélène Calzarelli

Hélène Calzarelli

Feminist

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Federico Fellini's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. City of Women is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker