Wed, Feb 11 / 7 pm
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
142 min, 2013, Italy
(Italian w/English subtitles)
Best Foreign Film at last year’s Academy awards, The Great Beauty has won over 42 major awards. The charming story of journalist Jep Gambardella charms and seduces his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome as a permanent fixture in the city’s literary and social circles. However, when his 65th 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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