La Dolce Vita 1960

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 174 min

genre: comedy-drama

theme: satirical

director: Federico Fellini

Score: 7 / 10

La Dolce Vita (; Italian for 'the sweet life' or 'the good life') is a 1960 satirical comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini and written by Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, and Brunello Rondi. The film stars Marcello Mastroianni as Marcello Rubini, a tabloid journalist who, over seven days and nights, journeys through the "sweet life" of Rome in a fruitless search for love and happiness. The screenplay can be divided into a prologue, seven major episodes interrupted by an intermezzo, and an epilogue, according to the most common interpretation.

Plot

1st Day Sequence: A helicopter transports a statue of Christ over an ancient Roman aqueduct outside Rome while a second, Marcello Rubini's news helicopter, follows it into the city. The news helicopter is momentarily sidetracked by a group of bikini-clad women sunbathing on the rooftop of a high-rise apartment building. Hovering above, Marcello uses gestures to elicit phone numbers from them but fails in his attempt. He then shrugs and continues following the statue to Saint Peter's Square.

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author	Brunello Rondi Ennio Flaiano Federico Fellini Pier Paolo Pasolini Tullio Pinelli
award	Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White Palme d'Or
contentLocation	Rome
director	Federico Fellini
editor	Leo Catozzo
events	Culture of Rome decadence disillusion existential crisis mass media multicultural society nightlife sexual desire
genre	comedy-drama
keywords	abandon apartment building aqueduct bach bassano di sutri baths of caracalla beach house break in build bus stop catholic church cesena ciampino airport connect deserted road drown echo chamber emergency room even film star follow fregene gather heart attack homosexual isolated kill leviathan long madonna magic spell married mary mourn news reporter paint party patricia perez prado phone call press conference rid rome ciampino airport saint peter saint peter\'s square sanskrit shelter sick child sports car st. peter\'s square striptease sunbathe trampled to death via veneto virgin mary wait way of life write young woman
musicBy	Nino Rota
nomination	Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
producer	Angelo Rizzoli Giuseppe Amato
publisher	Astor Pictures Corporation Cineriz Pathé
recordedAt	Rome Trevi Fountain Viale Bligny
theme	satirical