2:00 pm
The meticulously planned Roman honeymoon of an aspiring pencil-pushing bureaucrat and his naïve, provincial wife becomes hilariously unhinged when she sneaks off to deliver a gift to the “White Sheik,” the dashing star of her romantic photoplay magazines. Comic great Alberto Sordi, is unforgettable as the real-life pompous, blow-hard “Sheik” who strings along the gullible girl on an all-day adventure, leaving her frantic husband to conceal her absence from their inquisitive relatives. Racing along with all the anarchy of a screwball comedy, Fellini’s debut feature is also an affectionate portrait of innocence overwhelmed by a jaded modern world.

Director: Federico Fellini, 1952 (86 mins.)
Italian with English Subtitles
Programmer and Host: E. J. Hamacher
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