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The Ape Woman (Italian: La donna scimmia, French: Le Mari de la femme à barbe) is a 1964 Italian-French satirical drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. The film was inspired by the real-life story of Julia Pastrana, a 19th-century woman who was exploited as a freak show attraction.
The Ape Woman: Directed by Marco Ferreri. With Ugo Tognazzi, Annie Girardot, Achille Majeroni, Elvira Paolini. A modest Neapolitan man meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. He exhibits her at fairs and marries her. It is after marriage that he receives a tempting offer from a French manager.
A competition entry in Cannes from Italy in 1964, this Marco Ferreri Black-and-White satire cashes in on the real-life story of Julia Pastrana (1834-1860), an indigenous woman from Mexico, whose face and body w...
Released Sep 22, 1964 1h 32m Drama. List. A hair-covered woman becomes the property of a cruel entrepreneur who plans to use her as a freak attraction....
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THE APE WOMAN is the highest-praised film by Marco Ferreri, the over-the-top iconoclastic director known for 'La Grande Bouffe'. His signature edgy exploration of the grotesque was revered by the Cannes Festival who awarded many of his works.
Marco Ferreri’s The Ape Woman (1964) begins in a convent cafeteria, with the hungry penitents made to watch an edifying slideshow before their meal. The “scientific film” shows a missionary interacting with bare-chested Black women, much to the delight of the audience.
