Italy / France,
1963, 138 min
Directed by:
Federico FelliniCinematography:
Gianni Di VenanzoComposer:
Nino RotaCast:
Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Annibale Ninchi, Barbara Steele, Madeleine Lebeau, Jean Rougeul, Eddra Gale (more)VOD (3)
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Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido Anselmi, a director whose new project is collapsing around him, along with his life. One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellini’s 8½ (Otto e mezzo) turns one man’s artistic crisis into a grand epic of the cinema. An early working title for 8½ was The Beautiful Confusion, and Fellini’s masterpiece is exactly that: a shimmering dream, a circus, and a magic act. (Criterion)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1964 - Federico Fellini (Best Foreign Language Film)
- 1964 - Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
- 1964 - Federico Fellini (Best Achievement in Directing)
- 1964 - Brunello Rondi, Ennio Flaiano, Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli (Best Original Screenplay)
- 1964 - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1964 - Best Film
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1963 - Best Foreign Language Film
San Sebastián International Film Festival
- 1963 - Federico Fellini (Golden Shell for Best Film)