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The Great Beauty
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.
2013 · Directed by Paolo Sorrentino · 142 min · Drama · 35 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Paolo Sorrentino, Umberto Contarello
- Cinematography: Luca Bigazzi
- Edited by: Cristiano Travaglioli
- Music: Lele Marchitelli
- Production design: Stefania Cella
- Produced by: Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Jérôme Seydoux, Fabio Conversi
Cast
- Toni Servillo as Jep Gambardella
- Carlo Verdone as Romano
- Sabrina Ferilli as Ramona
- Carlo Buccirosso as Lello Cava
- Iaia Forte as Trumeau
- Pamela Villoresi as Viola
- Galatea Ranzi as Stefania
- Franco Graziosi as Conte Colonna
- Sonia Gessner as Contessa Colonna
- Giorgio Pasotti as Stefano
Production
- Country: France, Italy
- Language: Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin
- Studios: France 2 Cinéma, Indigo Film, Babe Films, Pathé
- Budget: $9,200,000
- Box office: $24,930,592
- Themes: journalist, based on novel or book, rome, italy, alcohol, birthday, vatican (holy see), nightclub, giraffe, artist, beauty
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