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City of Women(1980)
Status: Released
Date: 1980-03-28
69%
285 Votes
Time: 2h 20m
Overview:
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.
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
France,
Italy
ProductionCompanies: 
Opera Film Produzione
Movie: City of Women
Top 10 Billed Cast
Marcello Mastroianni
Snàporaz
Anna Prucnal
Elena, the Wife
Bernice Stegers
Lady on the Train
Jole Silvani
Motorcyclist
Donatella Damiani
Donatella, Woman on Roller Skates
Ettore Manni
Dr. Xavier Katzone
Fiammetta Baralla
Oliver Hardy
Hélène Calzarelli
Feminist
Marcella Di Falco
Slave
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