65-year-old Jep Gambardella (Toni Servillo) is a jaded journalist and wealthy bon vivant whose early promise as a novelist has never been fulfilled, though his infamy remains. He lives in a luxurious apartment overlooking the Colosseum and is a regular of Rome's party circuit for the elite, a never-ending nocturnal parade of decadence that rages through antique palaces, immense villas and opulent terraces around the Eternal City. His worldview begins to shift after a man arrives on his doorstep and informs him of the death of his first love. Both troubled and moved by the revelation, Jep is flooded with memories of the past and ponders the promise of what may remain...
DVD video
Age range: up to years old
Content Rating:
Publication Date: 04/06/2014
You haven't seen Rome until you've seen The Great Beauty. One of the most spectacular and internationally heralded film of the year, Paolo Sorrentino's powerful and evocative tale of hedonism and lost love and an extraordinary deception of contemporary Rome.
65-year-old Jep Gambardella (Toni Servillo) is a jaded journalist and wealthy bon vivant whose early promise as a novelist has never been fulfilled, though his infamy remains. He lives in a luxurious apartment overlooking the Colosseum and is a regular of Rome's party circuit for the elite, a never-ending nocturnal parade of decadence that rages through antique palaces, immense villas and opulent terraces around the Eternal City. His worldview begins to shift after a man arrives on his doorstep and informs him of the death of his first love. Both troubled and moved by the revelation, Jep is flooded with memories of the past and ponders the promise of what may remain...
65-year-old Jep Gambardella (Toni Servillo) is a jaded journalist and wealthy bon vivant whose early promise as a novelist has never been fulfilled, though his infamy remains. He lives in a luxurious apartment overlooking the Colosseum and is a regular of Rome's party circuit for the elite, a never-ending nocturnal parade of decadence that rages through antique palaces, immense villas and opulent terraces around the Eternal City. His worldview begins to shift after a man arrives on his doorstep and informs him of the death of his first love. Both troubled and moved by the revelation, Jep is flooded with memories of the past and ponders the promise of what may remain...
- ISBN:
- 9322225200401
- 9322225200401
- Genre:
- Drama
- Age range:
- up to years old
- Content Rating:
- Format:
- DVD video
- Region:
- 4 More ...
- Running time:
- 135
- No. Discs:
- 1
- Publication Date:
- 04-06-2014
- Language:
- Italian
- Publisher:
- Madman Entertainment
- Country of origin:
- Italy
- Year of production:
- 2013
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