La Dolce Vita (1960)
- Starring:
- Marcello Mastroianni, Yvonne Furneaux, (more)
- Director(s):
- Federico Fellini
- Category:
- Foreign
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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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 174 mins
Complete Cast:
- Marcello Mastroianni - Marcello Rubini
- Anouk Aimée - Maddalena
- Alain Cuny - Steiner
- Annibale Ninchi - Marcello's father
- Walter Santesso - Paparazzo
- Cesarino Miceli Picardi - Irate Man in Nightclub
- Adriano Celentano - Rock 'n' Roll Singer
- Leo Coleman - Negro Dancer
- Polidor - Clown
- Mino Doro - Nadia's Lover
- Nadia Gray - Nadia
- Angela Wilson - People at Via Veneto
- Enzo Doria - Newspaper photographer
- Sandra Lee - Spoleto Ballerina
- Alain Dijon - Frankie Stout
- Magali Noël - Fanny
- Laura Betti - Laura
- Antonio Jacono - Transvestite
- Leonardo Botta - Doctor
- Vadim Wolkonsky - Prince Mascalchi
- Enrico Glori - Nadia's Admirer
- Yvonne Furneaux - Emma
- Anita Ekberg - Sylvia
- Lex Barker - Robert
- Valeria Ciangottini - Paola
- Renee Longanni - Signora Steiner
- Jacques Sernas - Matinee Idol
- Ida Galli - Debutante of the Year
- Haniet White - Sylvia's Secretary
- Marianna Leibl - Yvonne's Companion
- Carlo Musto - Transvestite
- Franca Pasut - Girl Covered with Feathers
- Giulio Questi - Don Giulio
- Daniela Calvino - Daniela
- Enzo Cerusico - Newspaper photographer
- Tito Buzzo - Muscle Man
- Gino Marturano - Their Pimp
- Alfredo Rizzo - Television Director
- Nico - Nicollina
- Archie Savage - Negro Dancer
- Riccardo Garrone - Riccardo, the Villa Owner
- Rina Franchetti - Their Mother
- Director(s):
- Federico Fellini
- Writer(s):
- Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ennio Flaiano, Federico Fellini
- Producer(s):
- Angelo Rizzoli, Giuseppe Amato
- Categories:
- Foreign
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- 1960 - La Dolce Vita - Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or
- 1961 - La Dolce Vita - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Foreign Film
