How Strange to Be Named Federico | |
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Italian | Che strano chiamarsi Federico |
Directed by | Ettore Scola |
Starring | Federico Fellini Maurizio De Santis Giulio Forges Davanzati |
Release date | |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
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It begins with the 19-year-old Fellini arriving in Rome and walking into the office of the magazine Marc'Aurelio .
The film premiered out of competition at the 2013 Venice Film Festival. [1]
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