Amarcord

Federico Fellini
Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia, Magali Noël, Ciccio Ingrassia, Nando Orfei, Luigi Rossi, Bruno Zanin, Gianfilippo Carcano, Joseline Tncil, Maria Antonietta Belucci, Giuseppe Ianigro, Ferruccio Brembilla, Antonino Faa Di Bruno, Mauro Misul, Nando Villella, Antonio Spaccatini, Aristide Caporale, Gennaro Ombra, Domenico Pertica, Marcello Di Fal
1973
Italy, France
Completed
Italian, Ancient Greek
123 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known asAmarcord,is aItaly, FranceProducerwomen sex,At1973Released in year
。The dialogue language isItalian, Ancient Greek,Current Douban rating8.7(For reference only)。
◎1975 Oscar for Best Foreign Film ◎1974 New York Film Critics Circle Best Director and Best Picture In March, the air is filled with soft fluff, and the church bells echo on the cobblestone streets, marking the beginning of spring in the small town. The story returns to a small town by the Adriatic Sea in the 1930s, where Mussolini's extreme right ideals remain a guiding doctrine. The boy grows up with his construction worker father, housewife mother, lazy uncle, and mischievous younger brother, navigating between Catholicism, fascism, and Italian traditional family values. Pranks on teachers in the classroom, confessions about masturbation in the church, lively wedding feasts by the seaside—Fellini casually selects slices of small-town life and anecdotes, weaving a rich web of memories that reflects both the tide of the times and personal recollections. Fellini once said, "The record a person can make is always, and can only be, a record of himself." "Amarcord" is not only acclaimed as a representative work of his personal realistic style but is also considered one of his most important autobiographical pieces. The film leads the audience into Fellini's childhood, allowing us to see the source of his innocent, sincere, and humorous emotions. In depicting the social context of the era, it transcends purely objective, historical observation, starting from the most fundamental details of life to authentically replicate the appearance of fascism in Italy before and after World War II. Interestingly, in "Amarcord," we can clearly see Fellini's contemplation and fascination with female imagery. The Trinity of the Virgin Mary, the virtuous woman, and the whore presents a stark contrast between mother and prostitute, while the recurring depiction of voluptuous, large female bodies in Fellini's works serves as both a source of nurturing motherhood and the beginning of youthful sexual awakening.