Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is a repulsive, mean, stingy man who lives alone Read More »
Tag Archives: Paolo Sorrentino
The Consequences of Love AKA Le conseguenze dell’amore (2004) Paolo Sorrentino, Toni Servillo, Olivia Magnani, Adriano Giannini
Titta di Girolamo apparently has a regular and tedious life with nothing strange Read More »
Il divo (2008) Paolo Sorrentino, Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti
The narration spans the period since the seventh election of Andreotti as Prime Minister of Italy in 1992 Read More »
L’uomo in più AKA One Man Up (2001) Paolo Sorrentino, Toni Servillo, Andrea Renzi, Antonino Bruschetta
The debut feature by acclaimed Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo) is a stylish and blackly comic look at the dark side of fame. Read More »
La grande bellezza / The Great Beauty (2013) Paolo Sorrentino, Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Drama
Journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades. Since the legendary success of his one and only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city’s literary and social circles, but when his sixty-fifth birthday coincides with a shock from the past, Jep finds himself unexpectedly taking stock of his life, turning his cutting wit on himself and his contemporaries, and looking past the extravagant nightclubs, parties, and cafés to find Rome in all its glory: a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
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