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The White Sheik (1952)
Moments after the newlywed couple of the fastidious office employee Ivan and his young and pure wife Wanda arrive at a hotel in Rome for their honeymoon and a formal meeting with Ivan’s uncle, the bride decides to sneak out of the room and leave unnoticed. Wanda, obsessed with the masculine “White Sheik”, her idol and hero of her favourite romantic photonovel, and tempted by his fiery invitation, she decides to actually meet him in person just to show him a painting she made. Without a doubt, 20-year-old Wanda risks a lot, however, she needs to see him in all of his glory. Instead, she will reluctantly join the cast of the photonovel, she will even get a small part too, she will be seduced by the arrogant protagonist and ultimately, confused and disappointed, she will inevitably realise that she is all alone and so far away from Rome and her husband. Perplexed by Wanda’s strange disappearance and unable to disclose the news to his family, Ivan will seek her in the streets of Rome during the night, counting backwards until their 11 o’clock appointment with the uncle and the Pope in the Vatican. What will the new day bring for the newlyweds?
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Director: Federico Fellini
Actors: Alberto Sordi, Brunella Bovo, Giulietta Masina, Leopoldo Trieste
Country: Italy
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