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Original title

Fellini Satyricon

Year

1969

Running time

129 min.

Country

Italy

Director

Federico Fellini

Screenwriter

Bernardino Zapponi, Federico Fellini. Book: Petronius

Cast

Music

Nino Rota

Cinematography

Giuseppe Rotunno

Producer

Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)

Genre

Drama. Fantasy | Roman Empire. Mythology

Synopsis

In first century Rome, two student friends, Encolpio and Ascilto, argue about ownership of the boy Gitone, divide their belongings and split up. The boy, allowed to choose who he goes with, chooses Ascilto. Only a sudden earthquake saves Encolpio from suicide. We follow Encolpio through a series of adventures, where he is eventually reunited with Ascilto, and which culminates in them helping a man kidnap a hermaphrodite demi-god from a temple. The god dies, and as punishment Encolpio becomes impotent. We then follow them in search of a cure. The film is loosely based on the book Satyricon by Gaius Petronius Arbiter, the "Arbiter of Elegance" in the court of Nero. The book has only survived in fragments, and the film reflects this by being very fragmentary itself, even stopping in mid-sentence.

Awards: 1970: Nominated for Oscar: Best Director

1970: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Director

1969: Golden Globes: Nominated Best Foreign Film

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Fellini Satyricon

1969

Federico Fellini

6.6

(2,978)