It is not as much a study of eroticism as it is one man's erotic fantasy about the battle between the sexes
A rich, horny Italian (Mastroianni) meets a woman on a train
When the train stops, he follows her into a lonely wood, which becomes a futuristic world of forceful women who have almost entirely destroyed completely all men in their society
Mastroianni's character is left alive as a curiosity piece
His experiences carry him deeper and deeper into this bizarre fantasy city
The film never fully provides passion and erotic lusts, but is tickling and stimulating pleasantly none the less... Fellini's pointthat women resent the fact that men are easily excitedis most effectively carried by Donatella Damiani, a buxom and very beautiful young actress who runs nearly naked throughout the movie
Although the film never tires, it never quite completes its erotic expectations either, giving priority to consider carefully its own bizarre reality
It has elements of science fiction and adventure, but is more exactly a fantasy on the estrangement between men and women...
