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A classic whodunit mystery, as the characters go about their lives in 1920s Italy, when Benito Mussolini’s brand of fascism was on the rise.
Walter and Benita have separated due to growing tension within their marriage. After Walter isn’t heard from for an extended period of time, Benita discovers a terrifying occurrence.
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. The odd couple, Ivo Salvini (Benigni), a fake inspector of wells, and Gonnella (Villaggio), a former prefect, 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.