La Dolce Vita
One of Italian directing great Federico Fellini's most celebrated works, La Dolce Vita was controversial at the time of it release for its depiction of decadence in late- 1950s Rome. The picture won Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards and also took home awards from the Cannes Film Festival and the New York Film Critics Circle1
Fast Facts
- Release date: 1960
- Director: Federico Fellini
- Screenwriters: Ennio Flaiano, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Tullio Pinelli, Franco Magli
- Producer: Giuseppe Amato
- Distributor: Koch-Lorber Films
- MPAA rating: Not rated
- Run time: 180 minutes
- Awards: Cannes Film Festival (Gold Palm); Oscars (Best Costume Design, Best Foreign Language Film)2
- Nominated for four Oscars total2
- Wasn't released in Spain until 1981 because of perceived obscenity3
- "Paparazzo" character thought to have inspired the term "paparazzi" in the English language2
Cast
- Marcello Mastroianni: Marcello Rubini
- Walter Santesso: Paparazzo, the photographer
- Anouk Aimee: Maddalena
- Adriana Moneta: Prostitute
- Yvonne Furneaux: Emma, Marcelo's mistress
- Anita Ekberg: Sylvia, a Hollywood star
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