4.3

415 reviews

The Great Beauty

Paolo Sorrentino20132h 21mSocial Issues, Drama, Comedy

Why we chose it

Jep Gambardella turns sixty-five on a terrace overlooking the Colosseum, where the wild partying keeps running into an existential void. Sorrentino’s most Felliniesque tribute to Rome won him the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and it’s all painful revelry and, well, great beauty.

Synopsis

In summertime Rome, Jep Gambardella is sixty-five and still the most wanted guest at every dinner and party in town, and the best of them are the ones he throws himself on his terrace overlooking the Colosseum. Back when he was a young journalist, he wrote one novel, which won a prize and earned him a name as an artist. He hasn’t written a word since.

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Also known as: La Grande Bellezza

Festival screenings: Oscars, Cannes FF
Language: Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese
Country: Italy, France
Subtitles: Polish
Age rating: 15+

Oscars

Oscar Best Foreign Language Film

2014

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4.3

415 reviews

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