Federico Fellini's acclaimed account of an angst-ridden tabloid reporter in decadent modern-day Rome. (Learn more)
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimee, Yvonne Furneaux (View All)
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Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimee, Yvonne Furneaux
In one of the most widely seen and acclaimed European movies of the 1960s, Federico Fellini featured Marcello Mastrioanni as gossip columnist Marcello Rubini. Having left his dreary provincial existence behind, Marcello wanders through an ultra-modern, ultra-sophisticated, ultra-decadent Rome. He yearns to write seriously, but his inconsequential newspaper pieces bring in more money, and he's too lazy to argue with this setup. He attaches himself to a bored socialite (Anouk Aimée), whose search for thrills brings them in contact with a bisexual prostitute. The next day, Marcello juggles a personal tragedy (the attempted suicide of his mistress (Yvonne Furneaux)) with the demands of his profession (an interview with none-too-deep film star Anita Ekberg). Throughout his adventures, Marcello's dreams, fantasies, and nightmares are mirrored by the hedonism around him. With a shrug, he concludes that, while his lifestyle is shallow and ultimately pointless, there's nothing he can do to change it and so he might as well enjoy it. Fellini's hallucinatory, circus-like depictions of modern life first earned the adjective "Felliniesque" in this celebrated movie, which also traded on the idea of Rome as a hotbed of sex and decadence. A huge worldwide success, La Dolce Vita won several awards, including a New York Film Critics CIrcle award for Best Foreign Film and the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
4/20/61
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Running Time
178 mins.
Locations
- Cinecitta Studios, Rome, Italy
Language
- Italian
Awards
- Nominated for a Best British Film award at the 1960 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Palme d'Or award at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Black and White Costume Design award at the 1961 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Foreign Film award at the 1961 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Black and White Art Direction award at the 1961 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Foreign Film award at the 1961 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1961 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 1961 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
Distributor
- American International Pictures
- Cinerez
- Macmillan Audio Brandon
