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1984

Il futuro è donna

Directed by Marco Ferreri

Synopsis

In this improbable, ponderous story about a couple who do not want to have children of their own, and a pregnant, single woman who needs a home for awhile, the relationship between the three is strange, at the very least.

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Cast

Ornella Muti Hanna Schygulla Niels Arestrup Maurizio Donadoni Isabella Biagini Michele Bovenzi Ute Cremer Christian Fremont Alessandra Marozzi Patti Vailati Claudio Bultrini Piera Degli Esposti Giorgina Trasselli Laura Morante Isabella Ippoliti Solvejg D'Assunta Pierangelo Bertoli

DirectorDirector

Marco Ferreri

ProducerProducer

Achille Manzotti

WritersWriters

Dacia Maraini Piera Degli Esposti Marco Ferreri

EditorEditor

Ruggero Mastroianni

CinematographyCinematography

Tonino Delli Colli

Assistant DirectorsAsst. Directors

Beatrice Banfi Paolo Trotta

Executive ProducerExec. Producer

Luciano Luna

LightingLighting

Giuliano Michisanti

Camera OperatorCamera Operator

Enrico Sasso

Additional PhotographyAdd. Photography

Antonio Scaramuzza Marco Sperduti

Production DesignProduction Design

Dante Ferretti

Set DecorationSet Decoration

Massimo Razzi

ChoreographyChoreography

Iaia De Capitani

ComposerComposer

Carlo Savina

SoundSound

Fausto Ancillai Jean-Pierre Ruh Aurelio Pennacchia Donato Ungaro

Costume DesignCostume Design

Nicoletta Ercole

MakeupMakeup

Mario Di Salvio Anni Nöbauer Gino Zamprioli

HairstylingHairstyling

Giancarlo De Leonardis Paolo Franceschi

Studios

Faso Film Ascot Film UGC Films

Countries

France Germany Italy

Language

Italian

Alternative Titles

Le futur est femme, Бъдещето е в жената, Die Zukunft heißt Frau, El futuro es mujer, Бъдещето е жена, Будущее - это женщина, 女人是未来

Genre

Drama

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05 Sep 1984
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15 Sep 1984
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  • Review by Lou (rhymes with wow!) ★★★½

    Another day, another weird Marco Ferreri movie. The Future is Woman is a bizarre melodrama about.. motherhood? Maybe? I don't know, the whole thing doesn't make a lot of sense (in true Ferreri fashion). It's always interesting, however, in no small part because of the two leading ladies: RWF regular Hanna Schygulla and Ornella Muti, who are both perpetually mesmerizing.

  • Review by Maldone ★★ 2

    I don't know, there are a couple of Marco Ferreri movies I like quite a bit, but with each of the few I've seen lately, my patience for his specific brand of weird seems to be wearing thin. It's not fun weird, it's actually exhausting. There is simply no rhyme or reason to any narrative development or character motivation here, in the second half especially. Nothing to keep you invested. The only reason I don't regret watching this is Hanna Schygulla. Extravagant mid-80s fashion and hairdo suits her amazingly. I was completely taken. And her scenes with Ornella Muti in the first half are the only moments when the film is alive.

  • Review by Allison M. 🌱 ★★★ 1

    Bizarre is Marco Ferreri's middle name. Several very strange situations that reminded me of a Fassbinder or Pasolini film -- in their later years when they just did not let anything hold them back. Obviously Fassbinder's collaborator Hanna Schygulla was in this, which is a huge selling point. Her hair was insane but still looked good, of course. Prepare yourself for a wild ride if you see this.

    This is the 28th film I saw through the 2nd incarnation of MoviePass.
    This film is part of the Marco Ferreri series at Lincoln Center.

    Vegan alert:
    -Milk and honey offered
    -Fur throw
    -Chicken requested
    -Chicken eaten
    -Prosciutto
    -Anna (Hanna Schygulla) eats yogurt
    -Meat, fish, eggs are being discussed as supermarket revenue
    -Gordon asks if Anna wants ice cream.

  • Review by lily ★★★½

    this was totally incoherent at times but also i think i got it i just got it... hanna schygulla works in a grocery store selling marlene dietrich heads and she has gay sex with the virgin mary basically so

  • Review by Jim Mearns ★★★½

    Marco Ferreri goes for a slightly different vibe here with strong stylings of Cinéma du look and Fassbinder. Ferreri fans need not fear though as this is still him through and through, a strange love triangle with primary focus on the females. Reminiscent of The Last Woman or Seed of man with it's social commentary through sexualisation.

    Perhaps the Fassbinder vibes come from the casting of Hanna Schygulla but we also have the gorgeous Ferreri regular Ornella Muti and a young Niels Arestrup rounding out our beguiling romantic trio.

    Oh and it's Ferreri so it's not a spoiler to say that we end up on a beach!

  • Review by Tobias Olson ★★★★

    Bizarre 1984 euro-disco camp melodrama about a pregnant Ornella Muti seducing Hanna Schygulla and her husband and taking over their lives.

    Marco Ferreri has no respect for tone or logic or taste but he has some 'big ideas'. If this got in front of the right eyeballs it might develop a small but affectionate cult following. As it stands, that cult may just be me.

  • Review by Emma Fogarty✝️ ★★★½ 2

    Marco Ferreri directs a 90 minute drama starring Ornella Muti, Hanna Schygulla and Niels Arestrup, about a couple that take in a heavily pregnant woman to live with them.

    Y'know what Jim, I'm with you on this one, and I'm also going to defend this one, cause I'd be lying if I said wasn't fond of it.
    I went for/liked the oddball take on family this went for, even though they aren't really and its also a menage de trois type thing. Also yay, Bisexual representation!
    Like, it has its own charm to it, while showing their points of affection and contention in equal measure, I dunno there was something that endeared me to it while simultaneously liking the oddness,…

  • Review by Bruno Andrade ★★★½

    Como disse um amigo: todo país tem a sua Gretchen.

    Mas, infelizmente, nem todo país tem o seu Marco Ferreri.

  • Review by Simon Lang

    Written and directed by provocateur Marco Ferreri, THE FUTURE IS WOMAN tells the story of a weird ménage à trois, where every male character in the narrative is a complete asshole. This could've been bitingly satirical, but the movie takes itself ridiculously serious, while its message is heavy-handed and pretentious, even laughable at times. Worst of all, it's terribly tedious and tiring to get through, while the chemistry between the actors is non-existent. Not even Ornella Muti can save this mess.

  • Review by mitc ★★★

    Ferreri im Disco-Fieber und Schwangerschaftswahn, mit äußerst beknackten Outfits für alle weiblichen Beteiligten, Schygulla in absoluter Psycho-Laune, Tränendrüsen-Soundtrack von der letzten Stange und einem altherren-phantasievollen Lustmolch-Vibe, der wieder extrem prägnant, aber dieses Mal immerhin thematisch passend hervorsticht… Vollgestopft mit mittelmäßig durchdachten Szenen pervers-süffisanter Sonderbarkeit und mit hochgestochenen Beziehungs-Dialogen, doch tonal immer interessant zwischen ungemütlichem Thriller und Oberschichtler-Melodram alterierend, und nie berechenbar, sondern emotional obskur und delikat pessimistisch.

    (Notiz: Angabe ist falsch, der Film läuft 95 Minuten, nicht 89…)

  • Review by Olivia ...

    anarchic picture of a non-monogamous relationship with a very pregnant Ornella Muti dishing out plentiful amounts of lesbo-chemistry with my favorite German lioness, Hanna Schygulla. Seeing them together, sharing knowing glances, looking all lovey-dovey, ugh. love spreads.

  • Review by Alex Lathrop-Melting ★★★★★

    More movies should just light their scenes with projectors playing footage of like stained glass windows or whatever the fuck was going on here.

    Take me to club GEO right now !!

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