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Marco Ferreri

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Marco Ferreri

Born May 11, 1928 in Milan, Lombardy, ItalyDied May 9, 199736 films

Marco Ferreri (11 May 1928 – 9 May 1997) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. He was born in Milan and died in Paris of a myocardial infarction. Upon his death, Gilles Jacob, artistic director of the Cannes International Film Festival, said: The Italian cinema has lost one of its most original artists, one of its most personal authors (...) No one was more demanding nor more allegorical than he in showing the state of crisis of contemporary man. His best known film is La Grande Bouffe, starring Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret and Ugo Tognazzi.

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His 1979 film Chiedo asilo won him the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1991, his film La casa del sorriso won the Golden Bear at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.

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The Ape Woman posterFirst watchThe Ape Woman19647.3A 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.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
La Grande Bouffe poster7.0La Grande Bouffe1973Dillinger Is Dead poster7.1Dillinger Is Dead1969The Wheelchair poster6.8The Wheelchair1960Tales of Ordinary Madness poster6.0Tales of Ordinary Madness1981The Last Woman poster6.2The Last Woman1976The Flesh poster5.7The Flesh1991Liza poster6.0Liza1972

Filmography

36 films as director
  1. 1997Nitrate BaseDirector
  2. 1995Rome, November 12, 1994Director
  3. 1995Do What Thou WiltDirector
  4. 1993Diary of a ManiacDirector
  5. 1991The FleshDirector
  6. 1991The House of SmilesDirector
  7. 1989Plato's BanquetDirector
  8. 1988How Good the Whites AreDirector
  9. 1986I Love YouDirector
  10. 1984The Future Is WomanDirector
  11. 1983The Story of PieraDirector
  12. 1981Tales of Ordinary MadnessDirector
  13. 1979Seeking AsylumDirector
  14. 1978Bye Bye MonkeyDirector
  15. 1978YermaDirector
  16. 1976The Last WomanDirector
  17. 1974Don't Touch the White Woman!Director
  18. 1973La Grande BouffeDirector
  19. 1972LizaDirector
  20. 1972The AudienceDirector
  21. 1970Perché pagare per essere felici!!Director
  22. 1969The Seed of ManDirector
  23. 1969Dillinger Is DeadDirector
  24. 1967The HaremDirector
  25. 1967The Man with the BalloonsDirector
  26. 1966The Wedding MarchDirector
  27. 1966Corrida!Director
  28. 1965Kiss the Other SheikDirector
  29. 1964ControsessoDirector
  30. 1964The Ape WomanDirector
  31. 1963The Conjugal BedDirector
  32. 1961Latin LoversDirector
  33. 1960The WheelchairDirector
  34. 1959The Little ApartmentDirector
  35. 1959Los chicosDirector
  36. 1951Documento mensileDirector