Bellissima (1951)
- Directed by
- Luchino Visconti
- Genre
- drama film, comedy drama
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 253 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A working-class mother in Rome pushes her young daughter into a film audition, hoping for a better life. The film follows her struggles with the exploitative film industry and her own desperate dreams.
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What happens
Bellissima is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari and Tecla Scarano. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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