Giulietta degli spiriti (Juliet of the Spirits). 1965. Italy. Directed by Federico Fellini. Screenplay by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi. With Giulietta Masina, Mario Pisu, Sandra Milo. 4K digital restoration. In Italian; English subtitles. 137 min.
Fellini’s follow-up to 8 1/2, and his first color feature, is yet another hallucinatory ride through a troubled mind, this time that of a middle-aged woman, Giulietta, played by the director’s wife Giulietta Masina. Living, or rather trapped, in a home that resembles a dollhouse, Giulietta is married to a self-centered philanderer. To make peace with herself and her situation, she resorts to the world of spirits, as dreams, flashbacks, and surreal visions take us on a kaleidoscopic Technicolor journey.