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The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza)

The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza)

The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza)

original title:

La grande bellezza

directed by:

Paolo Sorrentino

cast:

Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Isabella Ferrari, Giorgio Pasotti, Luca Marinelli, Carlo Buccirosso, Pamela Villoresi, Galatea Ranzi, Iaia Forte, Ivan Franek, Roberto Herlitzka, Massimo Popolizio, Massimo De Francovich, Franco Graziosi, Sonia Gessner, Dario Cantarelli, Anita Kravos, Luciano Virgilio, Giulio Brogi, Serena Grandi, Pasquale Petrolo aka Lillo, Piero Gimondo, Fanny Ardant, Giorgia Ferrero, Anna Della Rosa, Giusi Merli, Stefano Fregni, Vernon Dobtcheff, Giovanna Vignola

screenplay:

Paolo Sorrentino, Umberto Contarello

cinematography:

Luca Bigazzi

editing:

Cristiano Travaglioli

set design:

Stefania Cella

costume design:

Daniela Ciancio

music:

Lele Marchitelli

producer:

Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima

production:

Indigo Film, Medusa Film, BaBe Films, Pathé Pictures, France 2 Cinéma, supported by Ministero della Cultura, in association with Banca Popolare di Vicenza, with the support of Regione Lazio, Eurimages, Media Programme

distribution:

Medusa Film [Italy], Zeta Films [Argentina], Palace Films [Australia], Filmladen [Austria], Abc - Cinemien [Belgium], Mares Filmes [Brazil], Bulgaria Film Vision [Bulgaria], Métropole Films Distribution [Canada], Mongrel Media [Canada], Film Europe [Czech Republic], Camera Film [Denmark], Must Kasi (Black Hand) [Estonia], A-One Films [Estonia], Cinema Mondo [Finland], Pathé Distribution [France], Dcm [Germany], Feelgood Entertainment [Greece], Edko Films [Hong Kong], Cinenuovo [Hungary], United King Films [Israel], Respect [Japan], A-One Films [Latvia], Prior Entertainment [Lithuania], A-One Films [Lithuania], ND Mantarraya [Mexico], Abc - Cinemien [Netherlands], Madman Entertainment [New Zealand], Fidalgo [Norway], Film&Kino [Norway], Palmera International [Panama], Film Point Group [Poland], Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais [Portugal], Independenta Film [Romania], A-One Films [Russia], Mcf Megacom Film [Serbia], Con Film - Tuck [Serbia], Film Europe [Slovakia], JinJin Pictures [South Korea], Wanda Vision [Spain], Triart Film [Sweden], Pathé Films [Switzerland], Cineplex [Taiwan], Calinos Films [Turkey], Arthouse Traffic [Ukraine], A-One Films [Ukraine], Front Row Filmed Entertainment [United Arab Emirates], Curzon Film [United Kingdom], Janus Films [United States]

world sales:

Pathé [France]

country:

Italy/France

year:

2013

film run:

142'

format:

colour

release date:

21/05/2013

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Indifferent and seductive, Rome offers itself up to the astonished eyes of tourists; it is summer and the city shines with a beauty that is elusive and definitive.
Jep Gambardella is 65 and his character emanates a charm that time has not ravaged. He is a successful journalist who flits between culture and the high life in a Rome that never ceases being a sanctuary of wonder and greatness.
Behind the decadence and decay of reality, the city continues to preserve a hidden and sometimes desperate beauty.