The Great Beauty
La grande bellezza
2013ItalyLanguage: itDirected by Paolo Sorrentino★ 7.5
Available in English: subtitled
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Themes and style
Tone
melancholicabsurdistsurrealdark comedyhauntingwhimsical
Pacing
slow burnepisodicdreamlike
Story
unravelingjourney
Emotion
longinggrieffiguring out who you areloss of innocence
Themes
class and moneyold ways vs. new worldfamily wounds passed downcaught between worlds
Feel
cerebralquietly hauntingdiscussion starterrewatchable
Violence
none