The Great Beauty (2013)

Original title

La grande bellezza

Directed by

Paolo Sorrentino

Genre

comedy drama

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

2h 22m

Rated

12

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 3,334 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aging writer in Rome looks back on his life of parties and fame. He searches for meaning and beauty in the city around him.

contemplativemelancholicvisually lushslow-burnbittersweetwistfullanguidobservational

What happens

The Great Beauty (Italian: La grande bellezza) is a 2013 art drama film co-written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Filming took place in Rome starting on 9 August 2012. It premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where it was screened in competition for the Palme d'Or. It was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, the 2013 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (winning Grand Prix), and at the 2013 Reykjavik European Film Festival. The film won Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, as well as the Golden Globe and the BAFTA award in the same category. It is a co-production between the Italian Medusa Film and Indigo Film and the French Babe Films, with support from Banca Popolare di Vicenza, Pathé and France 2 Cinéma. With a production budget of €9.2 million, the film grossed over $24 million worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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