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La Dolce Vita (1960)

NR ★ 8.0/10 176 min Comedy, Drama France, Italy Italian
Director: Federico Fellini
Screenplay by: Brunello Rondi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Federico Fellini
Story by: Ennio Flaiano, Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli
Streaming: Not available
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Description

Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.

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Top Cast

Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Rubini
Anita Ekberg
Anita Ekberg Sylvia
Anouk Aimée
Anouk Aimée Maddalena
Yvonne Furneaux
Yvonne Furneaux Emma
Magali Noël
Magali Noël Fanny
Alain Cuny
Alain Cuny Steiner
Annibale Ninchi
Annibale Ninchi Marcello's father
Walter Santesso
Walter Santesso Paparazzo

La Dolce Vita Appears on 23 Curated Movie Lists

Awards

Palme d'Or Winners
Cannes Film Festival #74

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #653
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #729
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #113
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #61
The Film Foundation (by Martin Scorsese)
The Film Foundation #390
UNESCO ‘Memory of the World’
UNESCO #370

Critic Curated

BBC Culture: 100 Greatest Foreign Language Films
BBC #10
Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Movies as of 2013
Entertainment Weekly #86
Roger Eberts Great Movies
Roger Ebert #171
The Guardian: The Greatest Films of All Time
The Guardian #78
The Guardians 25 Best Arthouse Films Of All Time
The Guardian #23
The Observers Top 100 Film Moments 2
The Observer #85
The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films
The Telegraph #69

Filmmaker Curation

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #10
Baz Luhrmann's Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #17
Darren Aronofsky's Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #02
Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #238
Paul Verhoeven's Favorite Films
LaCinetek #11

Fun Lists

Top Of The Lists Most Quoted Films Ranked
LaCinetek #32

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1960-1969 Films
Letterboxd #29
Movies Where A 5 Star Rating Is Most Common
Letterboxd #108

Temporal Era Sets

100 Maverick Movies in the Last 100 Years by Rolling Stone Magazine
FilmSite.org #61

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