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Director:
Federico Fellini
Writers:
Federico Fellini (story) &
Ennio Flaiano (story) ...
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Release Date:
19 April 1961 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
The Sweet Life more
Plot:
Journalist and man-about-town Marcello struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 7 wins & 7 nominations more
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(20 articles)
Can Sexual Provocation Still Sell?
 (From IFC. 28 October 2009, 6:15 AM, PDT)

A Serious Man – Interview with Michael Stuhlbarg
 (From Scorecard Review. 9 October 2009, 7:24 AM, PDT)

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Bitterness Of The Sweet Life more (120 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Marcello Mastroianni ... Marcello Rubini

Anita Ekberg ... Sylvia

Anouk Aimée ... Maddalena (as Anouk Aimee)
Yvonne Furneaux ... Emma
Magali Noël ... Fanny (as Magali Noel)
Alain Cuny ... Steiner
Annibale Ninchi ... Marcello's father
Walter Santesso ... Paparazzo
Valeria Ciangottini ... Paola
Riccardo Garrone ... Riccardo
Ida Galli ... Debuttante of the Year
Audrey McDonald ... Jane (as Audey McDonald)
Polidor ... Clown
Alain Dijon ... Frankie Stout
Enzo Cerusico ... Newspaper photographer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
La Dolce Vita (UK) (USA)
La dolce vita (France)
La douceur de vivre (France) (alternative title)
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Runtime:
174 min | Germany:177 min (premiere) | Portugal:165 min (re-release) | USA:180 min (premiere)
Country:
Italy | France
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric)
Company:
Riama Film more

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Trivia:
The Italian catholic party Democrazia Cristiana and the Vatican were deeply against this movie for the portrayal of the city of Rome and its vicious aristocracy (which is historically very close to the Church). One article against the movie, "La schifosa vita" (The filthy life) was probably written by Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, in 1992, President of the Republic. more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: In the castle, Marcello lights a match to view some ancestral paintings. A spotlight is used to enhance the light of this match, but does not follow the actor's movements very closely and gives the illusion away. more
Quotes:
Transvestite: By 1965 there'll be total depravity. How squalid everything will be. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Down with Love (2003) more
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Patricia more

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35 out of 48 people found the following comment useful.
Bitterness Of The Sweet Life, 9 May 2005
9/10
Author: gftbiloxi (gftbiloxi@yahoo.com) from Biloxi, Mississippi

LA DOLCE VITA presents a series of incidents in the life of Roman tabloid reporter Marcello Rubini (Marcello Mastroianni)--and although each incident is very different in content they create a portrait of an intelligent but superficial man who is gradually consumed by "the sweet life" of wealth, celebrity, and self-indulgence he reports on and which he has come to crave.

Although the film seems to be making a negative statement about self-indulgence that leads to self-loathing, Fellini also gives the viewer plenty of room to act as interpreter, and he cleverly plays one theme against its antithesis throughout the film. (The suffocation of monogamy vs. the meaninglessness of promiscuity and sincere religious belief vs. manipulative hypocrisy are but two of the most obvious juxtapositions.) But Fellini's most remarkable effect here is his ability to keep us interested in the largely unsympathetic characters LA DOLCE VITA presents: a few are naive to the point of stupidity; most are vapid; the majority (including the leads) are unspeakably shallow--and yet they still hold our interest over the course of this three hour film.

The cast is superior, with Marcello Mastroianni's personal charm particularly powerful. As usual with Fellini, there is a lot to look at on the screen: although he hasn't dropped into the wild surrealism for which he was sometimes known, there are quite a few surrealistic flourishes and visual ironies aplenty--the latter most often supplied by the hordes of photographers that scuttle after the leading characters much like cockroaches in search of crumbs. For many years available to the home market in pan-and-scan only, the film is now in a letterbox release that makes it all the more effective. Strongly recommended.

Gary F. Taylor, aka GFT, Amazon Reviewer

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