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The Voice of the Moon is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Federico Fellini released in USA on 5 march 1990 with Roberto Benigni

The Voice of the Moon (1990)

The Voice of the Moon
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Released in USA 5 march 1990
Length 2h
Directed by
OriginItalie
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Fantasy,    Adventure
Rating63% 3.157873.157873.157873.157873.15787

The Voice of the Moon (Italian: La voce della luna) is a 1990 Italian dramatic comedy film directed by Federico Fellini and starring Roberto Benigni, Paolo Villaggio, and Nadia Ottaviani. Returning to themes he first explored in La strada (1954), Fellini crafts a parable on the whisperings of the soul that only madmen and vagabonds are capable of hearing. Based on the novel Il poema dei lunatici by Ermano Cavazzoni, the film is about a fake inspector of wells and a former prefect who wander through the Emilia-Romagna countryside of Fellini's childhood and discover a dystopia of television commercials, fascism, beauty pageants, rock music, Catholicism, and pagan ritual.

The film received David di Donatello Awards for Best Actor, Best Editing, and Best Production Design, and nominations for Best Director, Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Music, and Best Producer. The Voice of the Moon was Fellini's last film before his death in 1993.

Synopsis

With a nod to the lunar-obsessed lyrics of Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi, the acerbic tale focuses on the capture of the moon by the Micheluzzi Brothers while Ivo, newly released from a mental hospital, tries to seduce Aldina Ferruzzi with whom he's infatuated. Although she wants nothing to do with him, Ivo equates her blond beauty with the moon, the origin of his madness and frustration. During the attempts to woo her, he meets various madcap characters including an oboist who sleeps in the local cemetery, a man whose hobby is meditating on rooftops, and Gonnella, the ex-prefect fired for his rising paranoia. Gonnella makes Ivo his lieutenant and together they investigate the "wild conspiracies" going on around them.

Actors

Roberto Benigni

(Ivo Salvini)
Paolo Villaggio

(Gonnella)
Sim

(Flute player)
Angelo Orlando

(Nestore)
Stefano Antonucci
Éric Averlant

((as Eric-André Averlant))
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