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About this movie

Genres:
Classics, Foreign Film
Language:
English
Running time:
2:53:52
Partner rating:
NO RATING
Released:
Quality:
480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Rubini
  2. Anouk Aimée Maddalena
  3. Anita Ekberg Sylvia
  4. Yvonne Furneaux Emma
  5. Magali Noel
  6. Nico
  7. Alain Cuny Steiner
  8. Riccardo Garrone Riccardo, the Villa Owner
  9. Laura Betti Laura
  10. Jacques Sernas
  11. Nadia Gray
  12. Lex Barker Robert
  13. Annibale Ninchi Marcello's father
  14. Valeria Ciangottini Paola
  15. Walter Santesso Paparazzo
  16. Archie Savage Negro Dancer
  17. Massimo Bonetti
  18. Tito Buzzo Muscle Man
  19. Daniela Calvino Daniela
  20. Leo Coleman Negro Dancer

Directors

  1. Federico Fellini

Producers

  1. Giuseppe Amato
  2. Angelo Rizzoli

Writers

  1. Federico Fellini
  2. Ennio Flaiano
  3. Tullio Pinelli
  4. Brunello Rondi

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In one of the most widely seen and acclaimed European movies of the 1960s, Federico Fellini featured Marcello Mastrioanni as gossip columnist Marcello Rubini. Having left his dreary provincial existence behind, Marcello wanders through an ultra-modern, ultra-sophisticated, ultra-decadent Rome. He yearns to write seriously, but his inconsequential newspaper pieces bring in more money, and he's too lazy to argue with this setup. He attaches himself to a bored socialite (Anouk Aimée), whose search for thrills brings them in contact with a bisexual prostitute. The next day, Marcello juggles a personal tragedy (the attempted suicide of his mistress (Yvonne Furneaux)) with the demands of his profession (an interview with none-too-deep film star Anita Ekberg). Throughout his adventures, Marcello's dreams, fantasies, and nightmares are mirrored by the hedonism around him. With a shrug, he concludes that, while his lifestyle is shallow and ultimately pointless, there's nothing he can do to change it and so he might as well enjoy it. Fellini's hallucinatory, circus-like depictions of modern life first earned the adjective "Felliniesque" in this celebrated movie, which also traded on the idea of Rome as a hotbed of sex and decadence. A huge worldwide success, La Dolce Vita won several awards, including a New York Film Critics CIrcle award for Best Foreign Film and the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

98%Tomatometer score: 98% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Positive review
    Fran Hortop, Film4 In spite of its thematic ugliness, this is a stunning-looking trawl through the Italian capital, with Ekberg's impromptu paddle in the Trevi fountain still the films enduring image. Full review External link
  2. Negative review
    Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader The film was hugely successful and widely praised in its time, though it's really nothing more than the old C.B. De Mille formula of titillation and moralizing. Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic [An] epic of anomie. Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    Douglas Pratt, Hollywood Reporter Everyone has a favorite scene.
  5. Positive review
    Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post Marcello's journey is a string of remarkable vignettes that delivers fashion and sociology in equal measure. Full review External link
  6. Positive review
    Stella Papamichael, BBC Rather than wallow in cynicism, Fellini's genius is characterised by a zest for life -- albeit a tragically insatiable one -- as he sprinkles dreamlike snapshots like glitter in the darkness. Full review External link

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