{"product_id":"the-ape-woman-blu-ray","title":"THE APE WOMAN [BLU-RAY]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE APE WOMAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e(IMdb 7.4)\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the highest-praised film by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMarco Ferreri\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the over-the-top iconoclastic director known for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e‘La Grande Bouffe’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e His signature edginess was revered by the Cannes Festival who screened and awarded many of his works. And as his epitaph Cannes pronounced that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e“No one was more demanding nor more allegorical in showing the state of crisis of contemporary man”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFamed to be irreverent, Ferreri dissected our societal mores in all his masterful films, and he was so off-beat and scathing as an author that the Establishment even labelled him ‘dangerous’!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Ape Woman is inspired by a true story of the cruel exploitation of a young carnival performer, Julia Pastrana, whose body was completely covered in hair.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe is brought to life here by an extraordinary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAnnie Girardot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - France’s highest-paid actress at the time - in a natural measured and elegant performance from which emanates the ambiguous emotion of being alluring yet devastatingly poignant as “the ape woman”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn unscrupulous hustler (the magnificent Ugo Tognazzi) discovers the young woman in a convent and marries her in order to get her on the freak show circuit and to cash in on the distinctive appearance of her body and face fully covered in hairs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor this world 1st ever Blu-ray release, CultFilms is showing all versions of the film recently restored in 4K for the Venice Film Festival finally doing justice to the previously condemned film.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst is Ferreri’s own original edit now shown complete and uncut. And second is the Producer’s longer, upbeat ending version which garnered a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePalme D’or\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003enomination at the 1964\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCannes Films Festival\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNotable: Italian audio with new revised English Subtitles + SDH subtitles for Hard of Hearing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEXTRAS:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn exclusive 90 minute documentary on Marco Ferreri with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGerard Depardieu, Philippe Noiret, Christophe Lambert, Ornella Muti etc..\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CULT FILMS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46799724183726,"sku":"CULT318","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/APEWOMAN-LIME-LIGHT.jpg?v=1757069450","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-ape-woman-blu-ray","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}