City of Women

City of Women

Directed by Federico Fellini

Produced by Opera Film Produzione, Gaumont

1980140 min7.0 / 10

A surreal, playful feminist fantasy that uses dreamlike imagery and absurdist comedy to interrogate male desire and power dynamics in a world turned upside down.

The charismatic Snaporaz encounters an alluring woman on a train and pursues her through a forest. He ends up at a hotel populated by women gathered for a feminist conference, where he is an unwanted presence. Snaporaz soon discovers he’s entered a phantasmagoric world where women have taken power.

Questions people ask

  • Is City of Women one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 98% of films.

  • Is City of Women sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is City of Women scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Is City of Women violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Does City of Women end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is City of Women easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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83/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity96

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise84

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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