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The Great Beauty

The Great Beauty

7,5 /10 (3,343 Votes)
2013 IT 142 min

Overview

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 the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.

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Release date

21/05/2013

Votes

3,343

Popularity

5.0

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

La grande bellezza

Language

IT

Runtime

142 min

Budget

$9,200,000

Revenue

$24,930,592

Toni Servillo

Toni Servillo

Jep Gambardella

Carlo Verdone

Carlo Verdone

Romano

Sabrina Ferilli

Sabrina Ferilli

Ramona

Carlo Buccirosso

Carlo Buccirosso

Lello Cava

Iaia Forte

Iaia Forte

Trumeau

No photo

Pamela Villoresi

Viola

Galatea Ranzi

Galatea Ranzi

Stefania

Franco Graziosi

Franco Graziosi

Conte Colonna

Sonia Gessner

Sonia Gessner

Contessa Colonna

Giorgio Pasotti

Giorgio Pasotti

Stefano

Massimo Popolizio

Massimo Popolizio

Alfio Bracco

Luca Marinelli

Luca Marinelli

Andrea

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

Arturo

Anita Kravos

Anita Kravos

Talia Concept

Roberta Cartocci

Roberta Cartocci

Guida Turistica

Lorenzo Gioielli

Lorenzo Gioielli

Uomo Coppia Esibizionista

Giulia Di Quilio

Giulia Di Quilio

Donna Coppia Esibizionista

Monica Piseddu

Monica Piseddu

Madre Chiostro

Anna Della Rosa

Anna Della Rosa

Ragazza Esangue

Luciano Virgilio

Luciano Virgilio

Alfredo Marti

Aldo Ralli

Aldo Ralli

Cardinale

Giusi Merli

Giusi Merli

Santa

Dario Cantarelli

Dario Cantarelli

Assistente Santa

Massimo De Francovich

Massimo De Francovich

Egidio

Giulio Brogi

Giulio Brogi

Maestro del Cinema

Isabella Ferrari

Isabella Ferrari

Orietta

Roberto Herlitzka

Roberto Herlitzka

Cardinal Bellucci

Annaluisa Capasa

Annaluisa Capasa

Elisa De Santis

Ivan Franěk

Ivan Franěk

Ron Sweet

Giovanna Vignola

Giovanna Vignola

Dadina

Paolo Mazzarelli

Paolo Mazzarelli

Attore Fiction

Manuela Gatti

Manuela Gatti

Donna Puzzole

Elisabetta Ventura

Elisabetta Ventura

Ballerina Ventilatore

Serena Grandi

Serena Grandi

Lorena

Margherita Cornali

Margherita Cornali

Donna Adoro

Lillo Petrolo

Lillo Petrolo

Lillo De Gregorio

No photo

Ludovico Caldarera

Padre Basilicata

Maria Laura Rondanini

Maria Laura Rondanini

Madre Basilicata

Francesca Amodio

Francesca Amodio

Carmelina

Francesca Golia

Francesca Golia

Suora Botox

Silvia Munguia

Silvia Munguia

Ahé

No photo

Stefania Barca

Donna Botox

Gabriella Belisario

Gabriella Belisario

Ragazza Botox

Melania Fiore

Melania Fiore

Infermiera Pos

Daniele Pilli

Daniele Pilli

Prete Funerale

No photo

Massimo Santangelo

Autista Pullman

Giorgia Ferrero

Giorgia Ferrero

Ammiratrice Jep

Alessia Bellotto

Alessia Bellotto

Ammiratrice Jep

Giulia Maulucci

Giulia Maulucci

Ammiratrice Jep

No photo

Caterina Scalaprice

Ammiratrice Jep

No photo

Maria Lovetti

Contessa Festa

No photo

Natalia De Maria

Cubista Festa Jep

No photo

Severino Cesari

Sebastiano Paf

No photo

Agata Malyszko

Polina

Cristina Aubry

Cristina Aubry

Dadina (voice)

Fanny Ardant

Fanny Ardant

Fanny Ardant (uncredited)

Giulio Brogi

Giulio Brogi

Master of Cinema (uncredited)

Stefano Fregni

Stefano Fregni

Crazy Man at Park (uncredited)

Gianpiero Cognoli

Gianpiero Cognoli

DIA Agent (uncredited)

Yohana Allen

Yohana Allen

Party Guest (uncredited)

Mirko Frezza

Mirko Frezza

Party Guest (uncredited)

Piero Gimondo

Piero Gimondo

Party Guest (uncredited)

Leo Mantovani

Leo Mantovani

Party Guest (uncredited)

Giulia Rinallo

Giulia Rinallo

Party Guest (uncredited)

Paolo Sorrentino

Paolo Sorrentino

Comparsa

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Andres Gomez

2015-12-22

⭐ 8

Mesmerizing movie staging a decadent and beautiful Rome for a decadent character and greatly played by Toni Servillo. Great cast, nice decadent story and, overally, huge directing by Paolo Sorrentino.

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Asa_movies

2017-04-03

⭐ 10

Jep Gambardella: "The trains at our parties are the best in Rome. They're the best cause they go nowhere. ......................... This is how it always ends. With death. But first there was life. Hidden beneath the blah, blah, blah. It's all settled beneath the chitter chatter and the noise. Silence and sentiment. Emotion and fear. The haggard, inconstant flashes of beauty. And then the wretched squalor and miserable humanity. All buried under the cover of the embarrassment of being in the world, blah, blah, blah... Beyond there is what lies beyond. I don't deal with what lies beyond. …

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2026-03-28

⭐ 7

I think it’s quite a testament to the performance from Toni Servillo here that he managed to turn a character that I pretty much despised at the start into one I almost pitied at the end. “Jep” is the literary equivalent of the one-hit wonder, but since writing the “Human Apparatus”, he has successfully sailed through his life in Rome until now, with his sixty-fifth birthday looming, he involuntarily begins to challenge the shallowness of his own existence. Sure, he has had the best of wine, women and song along the way and many of his friends are every bit as profligate and vacuous as himself…

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