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The Ape Woman (Italian: La donna scimmia, French: Le Mari de la femme à barbe) is a 1964 Italian-French satirical drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. The film was inspired by the real-life story of Julia Pastrana, a 19th-century woman who was exploited as a freak show attraction.
The Ape Woman: Directed by Marco Ferreri. With Ugo Tognazzi, Annie Girardot, Achille Majeroni, Elvira Paolini. A modest Neapolitan man meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. He exhibits her at fairs and marries her. It is after marriage that he receives a tempting offer from a French manager.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Marco Ferreri
- 1964-01-31
Ferreri took the real story of a woman that look like an Ape (monkey) and her marriage to an opportunist who was 'using' her in entertainment...
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- Ugo Tognazzi
- Marco Ferreri
- Drama
Paula, the ape woman, has survived the ending of CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN and is running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher, reverting to her true gorilla form every once in a while to kill somebody.
The Ape Woman trailer. THE APE WOMAN is the highest-praised film by Marco Ferreri, the over-the-top iconoclastic director known for 'La Grande Bouffe'. His signature edgy exploration of the grotesque was revered by the Cannes Festival who awarded many of his works.
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Antonio manages to convince the shy, self-conscious girl to leave with him to become a freak attraction as "The Ape Woman," supposedly captured in Africa. The act attains some financial success, but the humiliation is too much for the girl and she returns to the home.
Review by Emma Fogarty ️🏳️🌈. Marco Ferreri directs a 94 minute dramedy starring Ugo Tognazzi and Annie Girardot, the plot focuses on a man who takes on a woman with a rare genetic condition and persuades her into doing shows for him.
