The Voice of the Moon
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| Directed by | Federico Fellini |
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| Based on | Il poema dei lunatici by Ermano Cavazzoni |
| Produced by | Mario and Vittorio Cecchi Gori |
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| Cinematography | Tonino Delli Colli |
| Edited by | Nino Baragli |
| Music by | Nicola Piovani |
| Distributed by | Penta |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Box office | $5.1 million (Italy) |
The Voice of the Moon (Italian: La voce della luna) is a 1990 Italian dramatic comedy film directed and written by Federico Fellini and starring Roberto Benigni, Paolo Villaggio, and Nadia Ottaviani. Based on the novel Il poema dei lunatici by Ermanno Cavazzoni, and revisiting themes Fellini first explored in La strada (1954), the film is about a fake inspector of wells and a former prefect who wander through the Emilia-Romagna countryside of Fellini's childhood and discover a dystopia of television commercials, fascism, beauty pageants, rock music, Catholicism, and pagan ritual.
The film received David di Donatello Awards for Best Actor, Best Editing, and Best Production Design, and nominations for Best Director, Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Music, and Best Producer. The Voice of the Moon was Fellini's last film before his death in 1993.