The Great Beauty

The Great Beauty

  • Paolo Sorrentino
  • 2013
  • 2h 21m
  • Italy, France

Paolo Sorrentino won the Oscar fair and square for his Felliniesque tribute to the Eternal City, a dionysian cinematic ride concealing grief and emptiness behind its gorgeous imagery, transforming existential pain into a never-ending party.

Synopsis

Rome in the summer. Tourists flock to Janiculum Hill. A charming -despite first signs of aging- man, enjoys the city’s social life. He attends dinners and parties, where his dazzling presence is always welcomed. As a young journalist, he wrote a novel that procured him a literary prize and the reputation of a repressed artist. He throws a roof party at his apartment, which has a view of the Colosseum, where "The Human System" (his novel’s title), is exposed and an empty farce is taking place.

The Great Beauty
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Also known as
La Grande Bellezza | Η Τέλεια Ομορφιά
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Age rating
15+

Oscar Best Foreign Language Film

Oscars

2014

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πόσο όμορφο

ένα ταξίδι στη Ρώμη
djeeve

02 Apr 2024

I'm no fit for this life or this city

user-pybuf

03 Nov 2023

great movie

user-86e7dp46

05 Oct 2023

συμπαθητικό - εύπεπτο αλλά πολύ επιφανειακό

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07 May 2023

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