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The Great Beauty

The Great Beauty

Paolo Sorrentino, 2013

Spine #702

Picked by 1 guest

Drama

Criterion Letterboxd TMDB

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino

Written by Paolo Sorrentino, Umberto Contarello

Cinematography Luca Bigazzi

Edited by Cristiano Travaglioli

Cast Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte, Pamela Villoresi, Galatea Ranzi, Franco Graziosi

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Camila Mendes

“This one right here. Starting strong. The Great Beauty. This is one of my favorite films. I love Paolo Sorrentino so much. I don’t know what it is about watching a 65-year-old man contemplate his life and sort of have an existential Crisis. That just really resonates with me. Jep Gambardella is his name. And I kind of love films that are essentially about nothing, but they’re not about nothing. They’re about so much. The themes are so deep, but nothing really big happens. And I think this mov...”