“A funny, sardonic, and clever satire on popular heroes and ordinary people’s illusions.”
Provincial newlyweds Wanda (Brunella Bovo) and Ivan Cavalli (Leopoldo Trieste), are honeymooning in the big city of Rome. Ivan dutifully wants to keep appointments with family and church, but Wanda is only interested in meeting her favourite photo-strip star known as The White Sheik. While Wanda impetuously sneaks away to locate the object of her affections, disconsolate Ivan tries his hardest to keep up appearances with the couple’s relatives. Fellini's drew upon his background as a cartoonist for his first solo feature, a charming comic fable about the lure of fantasy and the pitfalls of temptation.
