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
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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