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Journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but when his sixty-fifth birthday coincides with a shock from the past, Jep finds himself unexpectedly taking stock of his life, looking past the extravagant nightclubs, parties, and cafés to find Rome in all its glory: a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Apr 14, 2022 · 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 t...
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Aug 8, 2017 · The Great Beauty, focused on the sixty-fifth birthday of a successful journalist and social animal in Rome, is a wonderful film: it presents a cosmopolitan portrait of life, and each image in the film seems well-chosen, for its architecture and interior design, for the presentation of nature and scene and visual art, for the location and placement of persons and movement.
About this movie. Rome, in the splendour of summer. Tourists flock to the Janiculum Hill: a Japanese man collapses, felled by such beauty. Jep Gambardella -- a handsome man with irresistible charm, despite the first signs of ageing -- enjoys the city's social life to the full. He attends chic dinners and parties, where his sparkling wit and ...
Plot summary of the film. “The Great Beauty” is a visually stunning Italian film directed by Paolo Sorrentino that tells the story of Jep Gambardella, a jaded journalist and socialite who reflects on his life as he approaches his 65th birthday. Set against the backdrop of Rome, the film explores themes of art, beauty, love, and mortality.
May 21, 2013 · The comparison is more than just casual: Like Fellini’s masterpiece, “The Great Beauty” uses an existentially exhausted figure as a Dantesque guide through the decadence of modern Roman life ...
May 21, 2013 · THE GREAT BEAUTY. by Paolo Sorrentino. synopsis. Indifferent and seductive, Rome offers itself up to the astonished eyes of tourists; it is summer and the city shines with a beauty that is elusive and definitive. Jep Gambardella is 65 and his character emanates a charm that time has not ravaged. He is a successful journalist who flits between ...
