
Donne e soldati was an example of a ādecentralisedā production, far from Rome, something that for the most part Italian cinema didnāt fully succeed in achieving until the 1990s. . In many ways the film, which is both Picaresque and anti-heroic, was too far ahead of its time, and it is often considered the precursor to Monicelliās Lāarmata brancaleone. This time out, Ferreri takes the reins as producer of the ill-fated undertaking (the two directors will never make another film); however, Donne e soldati, apart from marking Ferreriās estrangement from Italian cinema for a number of years, today appears to display earthy and carnivalesque elements that will subsequently influence certain aspects of the Milanese directorās vision.
Writers
Marco Ferreri, Attilio Bertolucci, Luigi Malerba
Language
German, Italian
