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The Great Beauty

Movie · 2013 · 142 min

A languid, visually intoxicating drift through Rome's high society, where glittering parties mask a profound existential ache and the search for meaning.

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2013 film directed by Paolo Sorrentino
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Year
2013
Runtime
142 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • grief
  • art
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour5
Realism7
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
comedy drama
Directed by
Paolo Sorrentino
Written by
Paolo Sorrentino, Umberto Contarello
Starring
Fanny Ardant, Sabrina Ferilli, Toni Servillo, Serena Grandi, Carlo Verdone, Luca Marinelli, Isabella Ferrari, Vernon Dobtcheff
Music
Lele Marchitelli
Cinematography
Luca Bigazzi
Runtime
142 min
Country
Italy, France
Languages
Italian

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