Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1964
The Ape Woman
Buy The Ape Woman now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'The Ape Woman' (, ) is a 1964 Italian-French drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. The film was inspired by the real-life story of Julia Pastrana a 19th-century woman exploited as a freak show attraction by her manager Theodore Lent.
In 2008, the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved.Massimo Bertarelli, 'Il cinema italiano in 100 film: i 100 film da salvare', Gremese Editore, 2004, .
Plot
Marie, the "Ape Woman", is completely covered with hair; the entrepreneur Focaccia discovers her in a convent in Naples; he marries her (a condition imposed by the nuns) and begins exhibiting her to the public. He tries to sell her to a man who insists on her virginity, but she is a little reluctant. After tasting success in Paris, she dies during childbirth. Focaccia recovers her mummy from the museum of natural history and exhibits it in Naples.
Cast
*Ugo Tognazzi as Antonio Focaccia
*Annie Girardot as Maria
*Achille Majeroni as Majoroni
*Filippo Pompa Marcelli as Bruno
* as Sister Furgonicino (as Linda De Felice)
*Elvira Paolini as Chambermaid
*Ugo Rossi as Ponszoner
Release
'The Ape Woman' was released in 4K restoration on Blu-ray and digital platforms on 11 October 2021.
See also
*Bearded lady
References
Buy The Ape Woman now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1964