Roma (1972)

Director:

Federico Fellini

Writers:

Federico Fellini (story) &
Bernardino Zapponi (story) ...

Release Date:

15 October 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens...

Plot Keywords:

Trip | Church | Nonlinear Timeline | Nudity | Drug Use

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Peter Gonzales Falcon	...	Fellini, Age 18 (as Peter Gonzales)
Fiona Florence	...	Dolores - Young Prostitute
Britta Barnes
Pia De Doses	...	Princess Domitilla
Marne Maitland	...	Guide in the Catacombs
Renato Giovannoli	...	Cardinal Ottaviani
Elisa Mainardi	...	Pharmacist's wife / Cinema spectator
Raout Paule	...	(unconfirmed)
Galliano Sbarra	...	Music Hall Compere
Paola Natale
Ginette Marcelle Bron		(as Marcelle-Ginette Bron)
Mario Del Vago
Alfredo Adami
Stefano Mayore	...	Fellini as a Child

Also Known As:

Fellini Roma (France)
Fellini's Roma (USA)

Runtime:

128 min | Argentina:126 min | Spain:116 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian | English | French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:VM14 | Portugal:M/12 | New Zealand:R18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:18A | Finland:K-16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Ireland:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Francese

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Peter Gonzales Falcon's hairstyles are all in the longish 1972 mode, even though the portions of the film in which he appears are supposed to be taking place thirty or more years earlier, at which time men's hair was cut much, much shorter, and would never be worn as it appears in this film.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hu die (2004)

Life Has No Plot

Some people would complain that this movie has no plot, but does life have a plot? No, of course not! And so this movies goes, from scene to scene, through memories, collages, documentary footage, hallucinations, with only one continuous character but hundreds of faces, bits of conversation, music, all flowing around just like life when you are very drunk and everything in life makes sense, no matter how absurd.

This movie contains some stunning scenes: the "ecclesiastical fashion show"; the Roman traffic jam in the rain; the deli-style whorehouse; the family style meal; the discovery and destruction of Roman ruins during the construction of the subway system. You can walk in at any moment on this movie and it doesn't matter, you don't have to follow it to enjoy it. Perhaps this is true of all Fellini movies, I'm not sure -- certainly it's true of another favorite of mine, Satyricon.