The "Ape Woman" is Annie Girardot, completely covered with hair; the entrepreneur Tognazzi discovers her in a convent in Naples; he marries her (a condition imposed by the nuns) and begins exhibiting her to the public. He tries to sell her to a funny guy who insist on her virginity, but she is a little reluctant. After tasting success in Paris, she dies during childbirth. Tognazzi recovers her mummy from the museum of natural history and exhibits it in Naples. The subject looks a little camp, but the film is considered one of the most touching of Ferreri's.
Annie Girardot | Maria | |
Achille Majeroni | Majoroni | |
Filippo Pompa Marcelli | Bruno | |
Ermelinda De Felice | ||
Elvira Paolini | ||
Ugo Rossi |
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