La Dolce Vita (1960) ( The Sweet Life )

La Dolce Vita (1960) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Alternate Title: The Sweet Life
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cannes Film Festival
David Donatello Awards
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
Italian ( Mono )
Italian ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
175 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1960 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Federico Fellini

Written By:
Federico Fellini
Ennio Flaiano

Actors:
Marcello Mastroianni ..... Marcello Rubini
Anita Ekberg ..... Sylvia
Anouk Aimee ..... Maddalena (as Anouk Aimee)
Yvonne Furneaux ..... Emma
Magali Noël ..... Fanny (as Magali Noel)
Alain Cuny ..... Steiner
Annibale Ninchi ..... Marcello's father
Walter Santesso ..... Paparazzo
Valeria Ciangottini ..... Paola
Riccardo Garrone ..... Riccardo, the Villa Owner
Ida Galli ..... Debutante of the Year
Audrey McDonald ..... Jane
Polidor ..... Clown
Alain Dijon ..... Frankie Stout
Enzo Cerusico ..... Newspaper photographer

Synopsis:

Setting the standard for world cinema in 1960, Italian maestro Federico Fettini dramatically opened the eyes of cinema goers and critics alike with this searing critique of a celebrity-obsessed, hedonistic world as seen through the eyes of a fluff-peddling journalist. Marcello Rubini (Marcello Mastroianni) is a gossip columnist and would-be novelist who chronicles "the sweet life" of fading aristocrats, second-rate movie stars and aging playboys in high society Rome in the 50s. Armed with his "paparazzi", the philandering Marcello ultimately succumbs to loneliness and tragedy as he flees his obsessive, suicidal fiancee while vainly vying for the affections of a vivacious screen goddess (Anita Ekberg). Showcasing the sexy and truly audacious romp in the famed Trevi Fountain in glistening high definition black and white, as well as including a treasure trove of special features, La Dolce Vita remains a milestone of European cinema.

Seven days (and nights) in the life of a Marcello, a Roman journalist torn between making something serious of his life or drifting along on a pleasant if empty stream of casual affairs and profitable, but meaningless, newspaper and magazine work. In the course of the week, he flirts with a visiting movie star has a couple of encounters with a bored socialite, one of them in a prostitute's bedroom, is shocked when Steiner, a "serious" writer and deep thinker kills himself and his children, and generally ignores his adoring girlfriend. In the end, he seems to have cut himself adrift on a sea of frivolity and self-disgust, with no real idea of how to find his way "home" again . . .

Marcello is a society gossip columnist. During one of his rounds, he meets again Maddalena and spends the night with her in a whore's bedroom. When he comes back home the next morning, he discovers that his girlfriend Emma poisoned herself because of him. Later, he is at the airport where the famous star Sylvia is arriving : he will go with her a few days... A chronicle of a decadent society where there is no more values except alcohol and sex, and no solutions but suicide.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 28 May, 2014.