Huit et demi
NR

Huit et demi

Un film qui va au‑delà de ce que les hommes pensent, car aucun homme n'y a pensé de cette façon.

1963 • 139 min • Drama

Our family guide

Best from age 16
74
Movie Knight Score
2559 reviews
  • 67 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
  • 81 Audience · 2556 · 47%

Guido, un réalisateur à succès, est confronté à un blocage créatif et à des tourments personnels dans un complexe de luxe. Entouré de son équipe exigeante, de ses acteurs, de sa femme et de sa maîtresse, il se réfugie dans ses souvenirs et ses fantasmes. Il lutte pour trouver l'inspiration et un sens à sa vie au milieu du chaos de sa carrière et de son existence.

Violence & peril
1/10
Language
1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
3/10
Romance & sensuality
5/10
Scary moments
1/10

Heads up

  • L'infidélité est un thème majeur
  • Certaines scènes expriment une détresse émotionnelle et une anxiété
  • Présence de tabagisme et de consommation d'alcool

What it models well

  • Découverte de soi et introspection
  • Le processus créatif

Talk about it after

  • Les défis de la création artistique
  • La complexité des relations humaines
  • Équilibrer réalité et fantasme

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Top billed cast

Director: Federico Fellini • Crew: Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi, Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano

Trailers & clips

35mm Trailer [Subtitled]

Mark Kermode reviews 8½ (1963) | BFI Player

Marcello Mastroianni’s guide to being cool | BFI

Federico Fellini - 8 1/2 (New Trailer) - In UK cinemas 1 May 2015 | BFI Release

8 and a Half Trailer HD

8 1/2 and Cleopatra Win Costume Design: 1964 Oscars

Federico Fellini accepting Best Foreign Language Film for "8 1/2": 1964 Oscars

Allan Arkush on 8 1/2

Reviewer notes

Recommended

Acclaimed director "Guido" (Marcello Mastroianni) is looking for a peaceable life after his last successful movie, but at every turn he is being pursued by people who want to capitalise on the success. He just hasn't the inspiration though - and determined not to just churn out any old rubbish, retreats to a small town for some rest, recuperation and hopefully inspiration.…

Not recommendedTrusted family reviewers

**Fellini, deconstructed, improvised and enshrined in a film that (not) pleases everyone.** I'm not a fan or deep connoisseur of Italian cinema, but I've heard of Federico Fellini, and I know that this film is considered one of this director's best films. I haven't seen any of his films yet: this was the first. And honestly, I don't quite understand this fascination: the film is chaotic!…

Recommended

Widely touted as one of the all-time great works of cinema, Federico Fellini’s 8½ is an elusive film about even more elusive things. It’s a meaningfully chaotic picture about trying to distil meaning from chaos and it’s a creative success about creative failure. It chronicles the resonant moments in one man’s life and admits that it can’t quite clarify why they matter.…

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