Italy / France,
1964, 92 min
Directed by:
Marco FerreriCinematography:
Aldo TontiComposer:
Teo UsuelliCast:
Ugo Tognazzi, Annie Girardot, Achille Majeroni, Ermelinda De Felice, Antonio Cianci, Filippo Pompa Marcelli, Ugo RossiPlots(1)
The Ape Woman is inspired by the true story of the cruel exploitation of a young woman circus performer whose body was completely covered in hair. She is brought to life here by Annie Girardot - France’s highest-paid actress of the time - in a natural measured and elegant performance from which emanates the ambiguous emotion of being alluring yet devastatingly poignant as ‘the ape woman’. An unscrupulous hustler (Ugo Tognazzi) discovers in a convent a young woman whose body and face are covered in hair. He marries her in order to get her on the freak-show circuit and cash in on her distinctive appearance. (Cult Films)
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France
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