Ginger And Fred

GINGER & FRED tells a warm and very human story about two people who share a little bit of love, interwoven with director Fellini's diatribe against the inanity of the modern television age. Masina and Mastroianni are two aging hoofers who once made a name for themselves as the celebrity-impersonator dance team "Ginger & Fred." Although they bear no more resemblance to Rogers and Astaire than any of a hundred impersonators does to Elvis, the pair's few moments of glory are now relegated to memory. After a long separation, the two are reunited for a glitzy television variety show that also includes such acts as a troupe of midget Iberian dancers; celebrity lookalike...