Fresh
[An] epic of anomie.
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic
La Dolce Vita
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1960 · 2h 54m · TV-14
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Federico Fellini
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La Dolce Vita
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Federico Fellini Director
- Marcello Mastroianni as Marcello Rubini
- Anita Ekberg as Sylvia
- Anouk Aimée as Maddalena
- Yvonne Furneaux as Emma
- Magali Noël as Fanny
- Alain Cuny as Steiner
- Annibale Ninchi as Marcello's father
- Walter Santesso as Paparazzo
- Valeria Ciangottini as Paola
- Riccardo Garrone as Riccardo
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
95%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Everyone has a favorite scene.
Douglas Pratt, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
Fellini has set out to move us with the depravity of contemporary life and has chosen what seems to me a poor method: cataloging sins. Very soon we find ourselves thinking: Is that all?
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Fresh
Everything has changed, and nothing has changed. How sour it still is.
David Fear, Time Out New York
Rotten
The film was hugely successful and widely praised in its time, though it's really nothing more than the old C.B. De Mille formula of titillation and moralizing.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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