Masterpieces directed by Fellini, Sorrentino, De Sica, Petri, Benigni
Sometimes even the calmest person wants to feel breathing emotions. In this case, he can go to the amusement park, travel to a new place, or place bets at the nuovo bookmaker online in Italia on sports or other events, for example, they try to predict winners of movie festivals.
Oscar is the most awaited event in the industry, and Italia has won there lots of times. Here are 7 best winners.
8½, 1963
This legendary film, directed by Federico Fellini, is about the creative crisis of a successful filmmaker: he has funding and freedom of action, but a series of troubles in his life and on the love front leads to a loss of inspiration. In search of his muse he retreats into his thoughts and memories, which somehow become part of reality.
La Grande Bellezza, 2013
The story is about modern Babylon, the great and ancient city of Rome, where politicians, journalists, children of aristocrats and aristocrats themselves, artists, actors, priests and other people indulge in a hectic life against a background of magnificent ancient and modern architecture.
Ieri, Oggi, Domani, 1964
The Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica won an Oscar in 1964. The film consists of three novellas that take place in three major Italian cities (Naples, Rome and Milan). All scenes are played by legendary actors Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. And each time the heroine Loren, using all her sexuality, gets his way.
Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto, 1970
Drama film by Italian director Elio Petri, which won an Oscar in 1970. This is the story of a policeman who, in the midst of a passionate date with his mistress, kills her in her own apartment. At the same time, he realizes his inability to perform his official duties and plays a strange game with his colleagues, either trying to lead them to the real killer or to confuse them.
Amarcord, 1973
The elegant lady in red is an object of lust and admiration. The lushly-breasted tobacco shop owner who reigns in the fantasies of teenage boys.
These and many other remarkable episodes bring the legendary master of cinema back to life on the screen to show us the haunting world of the past through the eyes of an adolescent fifteen-year-old. The action of this nostalgic picture takes place in an Italian province in the 1930s during the fascist dictatorship of Mussolini.
Hormones rage in the young bodies of teenagers. Family, church, and friendship are the unshakable foundations of everyday life and the life of the townspeople. Giant portraits of the great “Duce” hang in the streets. And the life shown in the local cinema is taken as the standard of real life.
La Vita è Bella, 1997
An Italian tragicomedy directed by Roberto Benigni. The film was submitted for Oscar nominations in seven categories, resulting in three statuettes.
The movie deals with the Holocaust. The director managed to avoid excessive pathos in such an acute and painful topic and endowed the hero with the most attractive features of the Jewish character – a sense of humor, including over himself, and an indefatigable entrepreneurial spirit, even at the last minute of life. Starring Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi.
La Grande Bellezza, 2013
The epic film satire on modern society from director Paolo Sorrentino won an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA in the category “Best Foreign Language Film”. The film press recognized “The Great Beauty” as one of the best films of 2013.
The action of the film unfolds in Rome, and the popular tourist places are presented from unexpected angles or at unusual times. In the story, the brilliant writer Jep Gambardella prepares to celebrate his 65th birthday. This gives the hero an excuse to reminisce about his turbulent youth and reflect on the frailty of his existence.
