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Nine

Nine

Movie · 2009 · 15 people

Rob Marshall directed and co-produced Nine, a 2009 romantic musical drama adapted from the 1982 Broadway musical, which in turn grew out of Federico Fellini's 8½. Michael Tolkin and Anthony Minghella wrote the screenplay. It followed Marshall's Chicago and Memoirs of a Geisha. It is an American-Italian co-production.

The story follows Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis), a celebrated film director in a midlife crisis whose creativity is slipping away. While trying to finish his latest picture, he must balance the women in his life: his wife Luisa, his mistress Carla, his muse Claudia, his costume designer and confidante Lilliane, the American journalist Stephanie, Saraghina from his childhood and his mother. An ensemble including Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Fergie and Sophia Loren plays them.

All the songs are by Maury Yeston; three new ones, Take It All, Cinema Italiano and Guarda La Luna, join the stage numbers. The film premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival on 9 December 2009, reached US cinemas on 25 December and Italy on 15 January 2010. Reviews were mixed and it flopped commercially, though the cast, Cotillard especially, drew praise. It earned four Oscar nominations: Best Supporting Actress for Cruz, plus production design, costume design and original song.

DirectorRob Marshall
Production companyThe Weinstein Company

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Valerio Mastandrea Valerio Mastandrea Actor · 54 years old Roberto Citran Roberto Citran Actor · 71 years old Daniel Day-Lewis Penélope Cruz Marion Cotillard Sophia Loren Nicole Kidman Judi Dench Kate Hudson Fergie Elio Germano Ricky Tognazzi Enzo Cilenti Giuseppe Cederna Roberto Nobile

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Nine pays the price of adapting Fellini's 8½ second-hand, by way of Broadway. The source's inward-looking crisis of a director risks turning into a string of production numbers in musical form, and in my view the film does not escape that risk: the result is a run of glossy scenes only loosely tied together. Guido's creative block is overshadowed by the show put on by the star cast around him, and his crisis never really deepens. The mixed reviews and the box-office failure are therefore not very surprising. Still, the Oscar nominations for art direction and costumes look deserved; the film works best as a dazzling surface.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

The most debatable aspect of the film, socially, is how it positions its women. Wife, mistress, muse, confidante, journalist, Saraghina from his childhood and his mother: every woman around Guido is defined by her relationship to him. This structure is open both to questioning and to glorifying the myth of the male genius artist; a 2009 film might have been expected to look at that myth more critically. Its American-Italian production and its postcard-style affection for old Italian cinema, voiced in a new song such as Cinema Italiano, also make it an interesting example of how Italy is imagined from the outside.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

A film full of songs and dancing might seem like one for the kids, but the subject is for grown-ups: a married director floundering between his wife, his mistress and the other women in his life. It is not suitable for young children, and teenagers may not find the story very engaging. Adults who love musicals, though, can enjoy it, especially for the songs and costumes.

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