2013 · 142 min · NR

The Great Beauty

Name: The Great Beauty
Genre: Drama
Released: 2013
Duration: 142 min
Cast: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino · Drama

The Great Beauty (2013) is a Drama film, directed by Paolo Sorrentino set in Rome during the 2010s.

Themes of memory & nostalgia, isolation, and mortality & aging play out through multiple perspectives.

Composer

Lele Marchitelli

Cinematography

Luca Bigazzi

Cast

Toni ServilloCarlo VerdoneSabrina FerilliCarlo BuccirossoIaia FortePamela VilloresiGalatea RanziFranco Graziosi

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Rome

Setting

Urban

When

2010s

Premise & themes

Themes

Memory & Nostalgia Isolation Mortality & Aging

Structure

Multiple Perspectives

Tone

MelancholicSatiricalContemplativeNostalgic

Shape

Protagonist

Solo LeadEnsemble

Pacing

Slow Burn

Dialogue

Balanced

Based on

Pure Fiction

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2000
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1981
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Rome · Paris · Spain — Ancient · Medieval · 1700s
Urban · Wildernessdir. Mel Brooks
1970
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The Great Beauty

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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