The Great Beauty (2013) ( La grande bellezza )

The Great Beauty (2013) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: La grande bellezza
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Italian ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
Italian ( Dolby Linear PCM )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
139 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Paolo Sorrentino

Written By:
Paolo Sorrentino

Actors:
Toni Servillo ..... Jep Gambardella
Carlo Verdone ..... Romano
Sabrina Ferilli ..... Ramona
Carlo Buccirosso ..... Lello Cava
Iaia Forte ..... Trumeau
Pamela Villoresi ..... Viola
Galatea Ranzi ..... Stefania
Franco Graziosi ..... Conte Colonna
Giorgio Pasotti ..... Stefano
Massimo Popolizio ..... Alfio Bracco
Sonia Gessner ..... Contessa Colonna
Anna Della Rosa ..... Ragazza esangue
Luca Marinelli ..... Andrea
Serena Grandi ..... Lorena
Ivan Franek ..... Ron Sweet

Synopsis:

Journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades. Since the legendary success of his one and only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city's literary and social circles, but when his sixty-fifth birthday coincides with a shock from the past, Jep finds himself unexpectedly taking stock of his life, turning his cutting wit on himself and his contemporaries, and looking past the extravagant nightclubs, parties, and cafés to find Rome in all its glory: a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.

After his 65th birthday, Jep Gambardella, an aging intellectual and one-time writer, decides to dedicate his life to the search of a meaning. On the background of a mysterious and wonderful Rome, our main character slowly rediscovers beauty under the monotonous, empty shell of a lifetime between sinners. Following a boring night spent between the sheets of a boring and egocentric rich woman from Milan, Jep decides to stick on a quieter quality of life, but several, casual, meetings will force him to reconsider his priorities. A stripper on the verge of breakdown, the ex-husband of his first love, a bizarre magician and a living Saint from a far away reality, will soon allow Jep to discover his own, personal, Great Beauty.

Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 07 February, 2014.