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15 May 1953 (USA)
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Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daugther to Cinecittą...
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Very beautiful; Magnani at her best
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Anna Magnani | ... | Maddalena Cecconi | |
| Walter Chiari | ... | Alberto Annovazzi | |
| Tina Apicella | ... | Maria Cecconi | |
| Gastone Renzelli | ... | Spartaco Cecconi | |
| Tecla Scarano | ... | Tilde Spernanzoni | |
| Lola Braccini | ... | Photographer's Wife | |
| Arturo Bragaglia | ... | Photographer | |
| Nora Ricci | ... | Laundry Worker | |
| Vittorina Benvenuti | |||
| Linda Sini | ... | Mimmetta | |
| Teresa Battaggi | ... | Snob Mother | |
| Gisella Monaldi | ... | Door-keeper | |
| Amalia Pellegrini | |||
| Luciana Ricci | |||
| Giuseppina Arena |
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Japan:115 min | USA:108 min | UK:100 min | West Germany:115 min | Argentina:110 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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References The Red Shoes (1948)
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L'elisir d'amore
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If you see only one film by Anna Magnani, see BELLISSIMA. The is "La Magnani" at her comic best. Get the video with English subtitles because even if your italian is good, the verbal onslaught is thick and fast. Preferably one should see this film on the big screen to get the full impact of Magnani's performance. She plays a stage mother who is trying to get her young, tiny little girl into the movies. Magnani's warmth, wit, slyness and sheer volcanic beauty leap from the screen. I am amazed that Hollywood has not re-made this film. It would be the perfect vehicle for Barbra Streisand or Bette Midler and would assure them of an Oscar nomination. Unlike her English language roles, such as "The Rose Tattoo" or "The Secret of Santa Vittoria", in BELLISSIMA Magnani acts in her native italian voice. It makes all the difference in the world. When she acted in English, she was stilted and restrained; the language barrier, although she made super-human, heroic efforts to master English, is nonetheless felt. But in her native tongue, Magnani lets loose with a bravura performance. I defy anyone not to fall in love with her after watching BELLISSIMA.