• Director(s)

    Marco Ferreri

  • Production Year

    1964

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Comedy

  • Approx. running minutes

    98m

  • Cast

    Ugo Tognazzi, Antonio Focaccia, Annie Girardot, Achille Majeroni, Ugo Rossi

Film

The Ape Woman

abusive behaviour, racism, sexualised nudity

THE APE WOMAN is an Italian drama film in which a man meets a woman with a lot of body hair and exploits her in a public exhibit.…

THE APE WOMAN is an Italian drama film in which a man meets a woman with a lot of body hair and exploits her in a public exhibit.

sex
Some scenes contain sexualised breast and buttock nudity as a woman performs as part of an erotic dance show.
discrimination
There are scenes containing crude and outdated racist stereotypes, including a man in black face, with a shackle and chain around his foot, referred to as slave; there are also tapestries depicting indigenous men as cannibals. There is also use of racist behaviour and language (e.g. 'negro').
theme
There are scenes in which a woman is exploited as part of a 'freak show' for her body hair. A man emotionally manipulates her into thinking that he is doing it for her own benefit, making her perform and act like an 'ape'. He ignores her protests about audience members who become 'too handsy' during shows, and in another sequence, the woman escapes before she is given over to another man interested in her 'virginal status' and needing to examine her naked, claiming he is an expert.
There are undetailed verbal references to abortion.

  • Director(s)

    Marco Ferreri

  • Production Year

    1964

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Comedy

  • Approx. running minutes

    98m

  • Cast

    Ugo Tognazzi, Antonio Focaccia, Annie Girardot, Achille Majeroni, Ugo Rossi

abusive behaviour, racism, sexualised nudity
Classified Date:
30/08/2021
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Argent Films Ltd
sex
Some scenes contain sexualised breast and buttock nudity as a woman performs as part of an erotic dance show.
discrimination
There are scenes containing crude and outdated racist stereotypes, including a man in black face, with a shackle and chain around his foot, referred to as slave; there are also tapestries depicting indigenous men as cannibals. There is also use of racist behaviour and language (e.g. 'negro').
theme
There are scenes in which a woman is exploited as part of a 'freak show' for her body hair. A man emotionally manipulates her into thinking that he is doing it for her own benefit, making her perform and act like an 'ape'. He ignores her protests about audience members who become 'too handsy' during shows, and in another sequence, the woman escapes before she is given over to another man interested in her 'virginal status' and needing to examine her naked, claiming he is an expert.
There are undetailed verbal references to abortion.
Classified Date:
07/11/1983
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Embassy Home Entertainment

  • Classified date

    30/08/2021