And the Ship Sails On

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And the Ship Sails On

Italian release poster
Directed by Federico Fellini
Produced by Franco Cristaldi
Renzo Rossellini (associate)
Toscan du Plantier
Written by Federico Fellini
Tonino Guerra
Andrea Zanzotto (lyrics)
Starring Freddie Jones
Barbara Jefford
Peter Cellier
Norma West
Pina Bausch
Music by Gianfranco Plenizio
Cinematography Giuseppe Rotunno
Editing by Ruggero Mastroianni
Distributed by Gaumont
The Criterion Collection (DVD)
Release date(s) Flag of ItalySept 7, 1983
Running time 132 min
Country Italy / France
Language Italian
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And the Ship Sails On (Italian: E la nave va) is a 1983 Italian film by Federico Fellini. It depicts the events on board a luxury liner filled with the friends of a deceased opera singer who have gathered to mourn her.

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Much of the film is a mockumentary although that conceit is overlooked at various points. As the film opens, it depicts a scene in July 1914 immediately prior to the Gloria N. (a great ocean liner) setting sail. The opening sequence is in sepia tones, as if it were a film shot in that era, with no sound other than the whirring of the projector. Gradually the sepia fades into full colour and we can hear the dialogue of the characters. Mr. Orlando is an Italian journalist on the ship; he looks at the camera and explains that the voyage is a type of funeral, with the aim of dispersing the ashes of Edmea Tetua around the island of Erimo, where she was born. He explains that Edmea Tetua was the greatest singer of all time and had the voice of a goddess.

One morning, the ship's passengers find that there is a large group of Serbian refugees camping out on the deck of the ship. The captain had brought them aboard the previous night. One of the passengers is the Archduke of Herzog (part of Austria-Hungary) and his handlers consider the Serb refugees to be a security threat. Eventually an Austro-Hungarian battleship shows up and demands that the refugees be turned over, presumably to be taken prisoner or enslaved.

At the end, the film takes a bizarre turn into absurdism.

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Films directed by Federico Fellini

Variety Lights (1950)  • The White Sheik (1951)  • I vitelloni (1953)  • L'amore in città (1953)  • La strada (1954)  • Il bidone (1955)  • Nights of Cabiria (1957)  • La dolce vita (1960)  • Boccaccio '70 (1962)  • 8½ (1963)  • Juliet of the Spirits (1965)  • Satyricon (1969)  • I clowns (1970)  • Roma (1972)  • Amarcord (1973) • Fellini's Casanova (1976)  • Prova d'orchestra (1979)  • City of Women (1980)  • And the Ship Sails On (1983)  • Ginger and Fred (1986)  • Intervista (1987)  • La voce della luna (1990)
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