The White Sheik

The White Sheik

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1956-04-25

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

83 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (3287 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Michelangelo Antonioni (story)

Federico Fellini (story)

Tullio Pinelli (story)

Federico Fellini (screenplay)

Tullio Pinelli (screenplay)

Ennio Flaiano (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The first two days of a marriage. Ivan, a punctilious clerk brings his virginal bride to Rome for a honeymoon, an audience with the Pope, and to present her to his uncle. They arrive early in the morning, and he has time for a nap. She sneaks off to find the offices of a romance magazine she reads religiously: she wants to meet "The White Sheik," the hero of a soap-opera photo strip. Star-struck, she ends up 20 miles from Rome, alone on a boat with the sheik. A distraught Ivan covers for her, claiming she's ill. That night, each wanders the streets, she tempted by suicide, he by prostitutes. The next day, at 11, is their papal audience. Can things still right themselves?

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