Federico Fellini is perhaps the most famous Italian director of all times. His film TheWhite Sheik, is a little comedy piece about a couple who travel to Rome to meet the husband’s family. The wife feels a little awkward with this visit. While her husband takes a nap, she escapes to visit the editorial office where the famous short stories of “The White Sheik” are written and published. She is a fan of these stories, and needles to say, in love with the Sheik. Soon enough, she is taken by the crew to see the filming of a Sheik movie. She meets him and fall in love. Meanwhile her husband goes crazy trying to find her in Rome, while making up excuses to his family for her mysterious absence.I love when the wife makes references to dreams, and how life is better in dreams. She is a dreamer alright, and she escapes from reality by visiting the film location for the Sheik movie outside of Rome. Fellini will later introduce more concepts of dreams and realities intertwined in the plot of his movies.
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