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The Clowns
Why this pick
Fellini’s roaming, bittersweet pageant shares The Voice of the Moon’s affection for eccentric outsiders, fading rituals, and the porous line between memory, performance, and waking life.
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MOVIE1990 2h 2m ITA
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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The Milky Way
Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
With a nod to the lunar-obsessed lyrics of Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi, the acerbic tale focuses on the capture of the moon by the Micheluzzi Brothers while Ivo, newly released from a mental hospital, tries to seduce Aldina Ferruzzi with whom he's infatuated. Although she wants nothing to do with him, Ivo equates her blond beauty with the moon, the origin of his madness and frustration. During the attempts to woo her, he meets various madcap characters including an oboist who sleeps in the local cemetery, a man whose hobby is meditating on rooftops, and Gonnella, the ex-prefect fired for his rising paranoia. Gonnella makes Ivo his lieutenant and together they investigate the "wild conspiracies" going on around them.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Syusy Blady
Susy
Dario Ghirardi
Journalist
Lorose Keller
la duchessa
Roberto Benigni
Ivo Salvini
Paolo Villaggio
Gonnella