Opening with a sequence in which the protagonist escapes a traffic jam by (*) flying out of his car, it sees the protagonist struggle to follow his earlier success, mirroring the director's own career in the wake of La Dolce Vita.
Jacqueline tells this film's protagonist that women "have the right to be loved until they are 70." In another scene, a magician and his partner successfully read the phrase "asa nisi masa" from the protagonist's mind, prompting a flashback to a childhood game centering on a woman's portrait. In another scene, the protagonist leads a revolt against an imagined harem of all the women he has ever loved. Opening with a sequence in which the protagonist escapes a traffic jam by (*) flying out of his car, it sees the protagonist struggle to follow his earlier success, mirroring the director's own career in the wake of La Dolce Vita. Centering on the flashbacks and dream sequences of Guido Anselmi, for 10 points, name this Frederico Felleni film titled after the number of prior films worked on by the director.
Jacqueline tells this film's protagonist that women "have the right to be loved until they are 70."
{8 ½} [or {Otto e mezzo}]