Country: Italy
Year: 1969
Duration: 113'
As they drive out of a tunnel, Cino and Dora discover they are among the few survivors of a mysterious catastrophe. They find an abandoned house on the coast and wander along the beach in search of artifacts from the past: gigantic Pepsi Cola bottes, a wheel of parmesan cheese, appliances. He would like to have a child with her; she refuses. Submerged in a white and abstract light, an example of the author’s infinite pessimism regarding the possibility of mankind’s salvation. With a cameo by Ferreri, as a sitting corpse.
Biography
film director
Marco Ferreri
(Milan, 1928 - Paris, 1997) worked as a producer in the 1950s and moved to Spain, where he created the films inspired by Buñuel El Pisito (1958), Los Chicos (1959) and The Wheelchair (1960). After returning to Italy, Ferreri kept the same tone with The Conjugal Bed (1963) and The Ape Woman (1964), which sparked the censors’ wrath. With Dillinger Is Dead (1969) and La Grand bouffe (1973) he filmed two great cinematographic allegories on the late capitalist society. His last film was Nitrate Base (1996).
FILMOGRAFIA
El pisito (id., 1958), Los chicos (I ragazzi, 1959), El cochecito (id., 1960), Le italiane e l’amore (ep. Gli adulteri, doc., 1961), Una storia moderna: l’ape regina (1963), La donna scimmia (1964), Controsesso (ep. Il professore, 1964), Break up: l’uomo dei palloni (1965), Oggi, domani, dopodomani (ep. L’uomo dei cinque palloni, 1965), Marcia nuziale (1966), L’harem (1967), Dillinger è morto (1969), Il seme dell’uomo (1969), Perché pagare per essere felici! (TV, doc., 1970), L’udienza (1971), La cagna (1972), La Grand bouffe (La grande abbuffata, 1973), Non toccare la donna bianca (1974), L’ultima donna (1976), Ciao Maschio (1978), Chiedo asilo (1979), Storie di ordinaria follia (1981), Storia di Piera (1983), Il futuro è donna (1984), I Love You (1986), Come sono buoni i bianchi! (1988), La casa del sorriso (1991), La carne (1991), Diario di un vizio (1993), Nitrato d’argento (1996).
Cast
& Credits
regia, soggetto/director, story
Marco Ferreri
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Sergio Bazzini
fotografia/cinematography
Mario Vulpiani
montaggio/film editing
Enzo Micarelli
scenografia/production design
Luciana Vedovelli Levi
costumi/costume design
Lina Nerli Taviani
musica/music
Teo Usuelli
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Marzio Margine (Cino), Anne Wiazemsky (Dora), Annie Girardot (la straniera/foreigner woman), Rada Rassimov, Milvia Deanna Frosini, Maria Teresa Piaggio
produzione/production
Polifilm
Marco Ferreri
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Sergio Bazzini
fotografia/cinematography
Mario Vulpiani
montaggio/film editing
Enzo Micarelli
scenografia/production design
Luciana Vedovelli Levi
costumi/costume design
Lina Nerli Taviani
musica/music
Teo Usuelli
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Marzio Margine (Cino), Anne Wiazemsky (Dora), Annie Girardot (la straniera/foreigner woman), Rada Rassimov, Milvia Deanna Frosini, Maria Teresa Piaggio
produzione/production
Polifilm
