Anna Magnani
Maddalena Cecconi
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Bellissima centers on a working-class mother in Rome, Maddalena, who drags her young daughter to Cinecittà Studios to attend an audition for a new film by Alessandro Blasetti. Maddalena's efforts to promote her daughter grow increasingly frenzied. Cast. Anna Magnani as Maddalena Cecconi; Walter Chiari as Alberto Annovazzi
Bellissima: Directed by Luchino Visconti. With Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Tina Apicella, Gastone Renzelli. A woman from the lower class desperately tries to get her daughter into the movies.
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- Luchino Visconti
- 1953-10
Sep 25, 2019 · Bellissima - Anna Magnani - Trailer by Film&Clips di Luchino Visconti. con Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Gastone Renzelli, Tina Apicella, Tecla Scarano, Linda Sini.
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Screenshots. Bellissima (1951, It.) In director Luchino Visconti's neo-realistic, satirical comic drama about the Italian film industry: the star role of Anna Magnani as a working class, determined, desperate and nervous wanna-be stage mother Maddalena Cecconi, who was hoping that her only child - 7 year-old daughter Maria (Tina Apicella) would ...
A satire of the hypocritical meat grinder that is the film industry, Bellissima may be one of the best films ever made about the disconnect between the idealized world of glamour...
Bellissima (1951) - Turner Classic Movies. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Brief Synopsis. Read More. Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daugther to Cinecittà, hoping she'll be selected and become a star.
As an honest satire on the film industry, ‘Bellissima’ conveys all the elements of a neorealist film as well as highlighting the cruel and harsh realities which lie behind the silver screen.
