Amarcord: Federico of the Spirits
By September 04, 2006
Federico Fellini was born and brought up in Rimini, Italy, a small seaside town in the province of Emilia-Romagna. Amarcord is a neologism he contrived, which Read more »
- Italy
- 1974
- 123 minutes
- Color
- 1.85:1
- Italian
SYNOPSIS: In this carnivalesque portrait of provincial Italy during the Fascist period, Federico Fellini’s most personal film satirizes his youth and turns daily life into a circus of social rituals, adolescent desires, male fantasies, and political subterfuge, all set to Nina Rota’s classic, nostalgia-tinged score. The Academy Award–winning Amarcord remains one of cinema’s enduring treasures.
Cast & CreditsOpen
Cast
| Titta's mother | Pupella Maggio |
| Titta's father | Armando Brancia |
| Gradisca | Magali Noël |
| Uncle Teo | Ciccio Ingrassia |
| Uncle Lallo | Nando Orfei |
| The lawyer | Luigi Rossi |
| Titta | Bruno Zanin |
| Don Baravelli | Gianfilippo Carcano |
| Volpina | Josiane Tanzilli |
| The tobacconist | Maria Antonietta Beluzzi |
| Titta's grandfather | Giuseppe Ianigro |
Credits
| Director | Federico Fellini |
| Screenplay | Federico Fellini and Tonino Guerra |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Rotunno |
| Producer | Franco Cristaldi |
| Editing | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Music | Nino Rota |
Disc Features
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES:
- All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary by film scholars Peter Brunette and Frank Burke
- American release trailer
- Deleted scene
- Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- New 45-minute documentary, Fellini’s Homecoming, on the complicated relationship between the celebrated director, his hometown, and his past
- Video interview with star Magali Noël
- Fellini’s drawings of characters in the film
- “Felliniana,” a presentation of ephemera devoted to Amarcord from the collection of Don Young
- Audio interviews with Fellini, his friends, and family by Gideon Bachmann
- New restoration demonstration
- PLUS: A book featuring a new essay by scholar Sam Rohdie, author of Fellini Lexicon, and the full text of Fellini’s 1967 essay, “My Rimini"
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Film Essays
Amarcord
By November 22, 1999
Amarcord presents a scathing satirical critique of Italian provincial life during the 1930s, the height of the fascist period (1922–43). In this era, Mussolini’s dictatorship enjoyed Read more »
Press Notes
Press Notes: You Must Remember This . . .
December 09, 2008
Janus Films’ new 35 mm color restoration of Federico Fellini’s beloved reminiscence Amarcord has begun its nationwide tour and is reminding some critics of Read more »
