This Is Italy
In this latest film by director Paolo Sorrentino, Rome forms the enchanting backdrop where the successful 65-year-old journalist Jep Gambardella (Toni Servillo) flutters back and forth between culture and the good life in contemporary Rome. However, he thinks back with bitterness on his lost childhood sweetheart.
Jep Gambardella is an irresistible seducer. A successful journalist who once wrote a novel that won him a literary prize. He is still part of the fashionable life in Rome. He's at every party; his sharp mind is acclaimed and his company is often sought after.
Looking for the beauty of life
After celebrating his sixty-fifth birthday with a lavish party, he remembers his lost childhood sweetheart with bitterness and decides to pick up writing again and go in search of the meaning and beauty of life. La Grande Belezza is a cinematic ode to Fellini's La Dolce Vita. The film receives the full 5 stars from all reviewers.
The soundtrack is also worth checking out, including Bob Sinclar's song (Far l'amore, feat. Raffaella Carra), which appears in the trailer below. And we now know that La Grande Bellezza is also doing well on the international stages: in America it received the Oscar for best foreign film.
Fancy Rome!
Have you seen it yet? Seeing the film is a feast for the eyes – despite the lack of a real storyline – because of the images of the Eternal City and its inhabitants today. It immediately puts us in the mood for a nice city trip to Rome.
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