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6.7After his young lover, Gitone, leaves him for another man, Encolpio decides to kill himself, but a sudden earthquake destroys his home before he has a chance to do so. Now wandering around Rome in the time of Nero, Encolpio encounters one bizarre and surreal scene after another.
Cast
- Martin Potter as Encolpio
- Hiram Keller as Ascilto
- Max Born as Gitone
- Salvo Randone as Eumolpo
- Mario Romagnoli as Trimalcione
- Magali Noël as Fortunata
Themes
- love triangle
- surreal
- earthquake
- ancient rome
- male homosexuality
- wedding
- slave
- labyrinth
- debauchery
- roman bath
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Federico Fellini
- Screenplay by
- Federico Fellini Bernardino Zapponi Brunello Rondi Charles Wood
- Based on
- Satyricon , by Petronius
- Produced by
- Alberto Grimaldi
- Starring
- Martin Potter Hiram Keller Max Born Salvo Randone Magali Noël Alain Cuny Lucia Bosè Tanya Lopert Capucine
- Cinematography
- Giuseppe Rotunno
- Edited by
- Ruggero Mastroianni
- Music by
- Nino Rota İlhan Mimaroğlu Tod Dockstader Andrew Rudin
- Production company
- Produzioni Europee Associati
- Distributed by
- United Artists
- Release dates
- 3 September 1969 ( 1969-09-03 ) ( Rome premiere) 18 September 1969 ( 1969-09-18 ) (Italy)
- Running time
- 129 minutes
- Country
- Italy
- Languages
- Italian Latin
- Budget
- US$ 3 million
- Box office
- $1.4 million (US/ Canada rentals) $8 million (outside Italy)
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Encyclopedic overview
Fellini Satyricon, or simply Satyricon, is a 1969 Italian film written and directed by Federico Fellini and loosely based on Petronius's work Satyricon, written during the reign of Emperor Nero and set in Imperial Rome. The film "uses the pre-Christian Roman world of debauchery during the time of Nero as an analogue of the modern post-Christian period." The film is divided into nine episodes, following Encolpius (Martin Potter) and his friend Ascyltus (Hiram Keller) as they try to win the heart of a young boy named Gitón within a surreal and dreamlike Roman landscape.
Fellini Satyricon was entered into the 30th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Pasinetti Award for Best Italian Film. It received acclaim from international critics, with particular praise toward Fellini's direction and Danilo Donati's vivid production design. The film earned Fellini his third Oscar nomination for Best Director, and the film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Satyricon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.