Drama
8½
Avg rating 8.8 / My rating TBC
1963 · Directed by Federico Fellini · With Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée
- Art Cinema
- Auteur Cinema
Guido, a celebrated film director, arrives at a spa to rest while a big new production is already being built around him. He has no idea what the film is about, and producers, actors, a wife and a mistress all want answers. Memory, fantasy and daily life blur together.
Film info
- Runtime
- 2h 19m · 139 min
- Format
- Black and white, widescreen-style 1.85:1 frame, with polished, high-contrast photography by Gianni Di Venanzo.
- IMDb
- 8.0 / 10 (131,757 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 97% (critics)
- Metacritic
- 93 / 100
- TMDB
- 8.1 / 10 (audience, 2,604 votes)
- Trailer
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