City of Women

City of Women

R 1980 · 140 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy

The charismatic Snaporaz encounters an alluring woman on a train and pursues her through a forest. He ends up at a hotel populated by women gathered for a feminist conference, where he is an unwanted presence. Snaporaz soon discovers he’s entered a phantasmagoric world where women have taken power.

Directed by Federico Fellini · Written by Federico Fellini

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