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

1977
A Special Day
Rome — 1930s
Urbandir. Ettore Scola
1961
Accattone
Rome — 1960s
Urbandir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
2010
Barney's Version
Montreal · Rome
Urbandir. Richard J. Lewis
1959
Ben-Hur
Jerusalem · Judea · Rome — Ancient
Urban · Coastal Seadir. William Wyler
1948
Bicycle Thieves
Rome — 1940s
Urbandir. Vittorio De Sica
1958
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Rome — 1950s
Urbandir. Mario Monicelli

The Great Beauty

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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