8½ 1963
World-renowned Italian director Guido Anselmi is experiencing a creative and personal crisis. He is working on multiple projects for his new film simultaneously, but his childhood memories and sexual fantasies won’t leave him alone. The director can’t make sense of his life and can’t start his new film. He takes a step back and evaluates the events that have contributed to his development: his childhood, his church, his relationships with his family, the women who have entered his life, and the nightmares that accompany each one. Maybe they should be material for his new film. Guido begins to think about the absurdity of his work, art, and his relationships with the opposite sex, pondering the meaning of human existence.
