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The Great Beauty
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Also part of Five Films by Paolo Sorrentino
A brilliant, sumptuously shot satire of life in Berlusconi's Italy seen through the eyes of a world-weary once-acclaimed novelist played to perfection by Toni Servillo, Paolo Sorrentino's deliriously entertaining film plays out like a modern La Dolce Vita.
Synopsis
Jep Gambardella, a 65-year-old journalist and once promising novelist, lives his easy life among Rome’s decadent high society in a swirl of rooftop parties and late-night soirees. But when he learns of the death of his friend’s wife – a woman he once loved as an 18-year-old – his life is thrown into perspective and he begins to see the world through new eyes. Paolo Sorrentino's (Il Divo, The Consequences of Love) deliriously entertaining film plays out like a modern La Dolce Vita. Sorrentino regular Toni Servillo - whose entrance in the film is nothing short of magnificent - plays the lead character, through whose world-weary eyes we witness the decadence of a bankrupt culture consuming itself. The result is a dazzling, sumptuously shot satire of life in Berlusconi's Italy.
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Paolo Sorrentino
Cast
Toni Servillo: Jep Gambardella Carlo Verdone: Romano Carlo Buccirosso: Ramona
Crew
Paolo Sorrentino: Director / writer Umberto Contarello: Writer Luca Bigazzi: Director of Photography Cristiano Travaglioli: Editor Lele Marchitelli: Music Stefania Cella: Production Designer Daniela Ciancio: Costume Designer
Details
DVD catalogue number: ART678DVD Blu-ray catalogue number: ART087BD
Awards
2013 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film
2013 Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign Language Film
2014 BAFTA winner for Best Film Not in the English Language
2013 European Film Awards winner for Best Film
2013 European Film Awards winner for Best Director - Paolo Sorrentino
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Out now on DVD, Blu-ray & on demand
Also part of Five Films by Paolo Sorrentino
GENRE: Drama
CERTIFICATE: 15
DIRECTOR: Paolo Sorrentino
CAST:
Toni Servillo: Jep Gambardella
Carlo Verdone: Romano
Carlo Buccirosso: Ramona
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CREW:
Paolo Sorrentino: Director / writer
Umberto Contarello: Writer
Luca Bigazzi: Director of Photography
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DURATION: 141 Mins
COUNTRIES: France, Italy
LANGUAGES: Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Japanese
AWARDS:
2013 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film
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