When, as happens on several occasions, Amelia and Pippo become an integral part of the impressionistic film that surrounds them, instead of just being witnesses to it, Ginger and Fred ranks with the best work Mr. Fellini has ever done.
Ginger and Fred
The movie that looks at television through the eyes of Fellini.
1986 · 2h 5m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Federico Fellini
Overview
Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act, imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, on a TV variety show.
Director and cast
- Federico Fellini Director
- Giulietta Masina as Amelia Bonetti alias « Ginger »
- Marcello Mastroianni as Pippo Botticella alias « Fred »
- Franco Fabrizi as le présentateur TV
- Friedrich von Ledebur as l’amiral Aulenti
- Augusto Poderosi as le travesti
- Martin Maria Blau Cast
- Jacques Henri Lartigue Cast
- Totò Mignone Cast
- Ezio Marano Cast
- Antoine Saint-John Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
The film isn't a particularly pleasurable experience (the satire of television is broad and wayward, and the attempts to wring pathos from Ginger and Fred's geriatric infirmities fall far short of the mark), but it does have a cranky, old-man's integrity.
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