8½
A picture that goes beyond what men think about - because no man ever thought about it in quite this way!
2/14/1963
Imdb: tt0056801
Tmdb: 422
Popularity: 26.559
Vote: 8.153/10 (2262)

Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
Marcello Mastroianni
Guido Anselmi
Anouk Aimée
Luisa Anselmi
Sandra Milo
Carla
Claudia Cardinale
Claudia
Rossella Falk
Rossella
Barbara Steele
Gloria Morin
Madeleine Lebeau
Madeleine, the French Actress
Caterina Boratto
Mysterious Lady
Eddra Gale
La Saraghina
Guido Alberti
Pace, the Producer
Mario Conocchia
Conocchia, the Production Manager
Bruno Agostini
Bruno, the Second Production Secretary
Cesarino Miceli Picardi
Cesarino, the Production Supervisor
Jean Rougeul
Carini, the Film Critic
Mario Pisu
Mario Mezzabotta
Yvonne Casadei
Jacqueline Bonbon
Ian Dallas
Maurice, Maya's Assistant
Mino Doro
Claudia's Agent
Nadia Sanders
Nadine, the Hostess
Georgia Simmons
Guido's Grandmother
Edy Vessel
The Model
Tito Masini
The Cardinal
Annie Gorassini
Producer's Friend
Rossella Como
Luisa's Friend
Mark Herron
Luisa's Suitor
Marisa Colomber
Guido's Aunt
Neil Robinson
The French Actress's Agent
Elisabetta Catalano
Matilde, Luisa's Sister
Eugene Walter
The American Journalist
Hazel Rogers
La negretta
Gilda Dahlberg
American Journalist's Wife
Mario Tarchetti
Claudia's Press Office
Mary Indovino
Maya, the Clairvoyant
Frazier Rippy
The Lay Secretary
Francesco Rigamonti
Luisa's Friend
Giulio Paradisi
A Friend
Marco Gemini
Guido as a Child
Giuditta Rissone
Guido's Mother
Annibale Ninchi
Guido's Father
Dina De Santis
Dina (uncredited)
Eva Gioia
Eva (uncredited)
Maria Tedeschi
School Director (uncredited)
Antonio Acqua
A Man in a Car (uncredited)
Giulio Calì
A Man in the Mud (uncredited)
Franco Caracciolo
Young Priest (uncredited)
Olimpia Cavalli
Olimpia (uncredited)
Sonia Gessner
(uncredited)
Mathilda Calnan
Luisa's Friend (uncredited)
Nadia Balabine
Priest Teacher (uncredited)
John Karlsen
La Dolce Vita
Amarcord
La Strada
Marriage Italian Style
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Wild Strawberries
Roma
The White Sheik
The Man Who Loved Women
The Son's Room
Ecce Bombo
Nights of Cabiria
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Brad's Status
La Notte
Divorce Italian Style
Rome, Open City
The 400 Blows
Persona
I Vitelloni
What Just Happened
Reservation Road
A Lot Like Love
Assault on Precinct 13
Derailed
Dog Days
The Great Silence
The Eye
The Savages
Paris
The Unfaithful Wife
Antibodies
Cast Away
Zapatillas asesinas
Wambo
Herzensschrei
Indecent Proposal
Viridiana
The Executioner
Jamon Jamon
dying and death
adultery
depression
individual
unsociability
screenplay
suicide attempt
missile
scapegoat
movie business
allegory
difficult childhood
creative crisis
kurort
black and white
extramarital affair
existence
semi autobiographical