What do you do when you meet the man of your dreams right after your wedding? Depending on where they came from, or how famous they are, it’s a scenario that’s not likely to happen, but the chance is never zero. It’s this chance encounter that drives the events of The White Sheik. Alternating between Wanda’s spontaneous on-set encounter, and Ivan’s scrambling search and excuses to appease the family, the film hilariously piles on every mishap, keeping the two separated and stuck in the situations they stumble into, but writer-director Federico Fellini doesn’t poke fun at the country folk’s expense, instead, empathizing with Ivan’s worry and Wanda’s disappointment in the trip they took on. The titular star may have proven that you should never meet your heroes, but The White Sheik nonetheless hinted at the cinema that was to come, as Fellini’s first solo directing stint, as well as introducing Fellini’s wife Giuletta Masini as Cabiria.