Great Beauty, The

A FILM BY Paolo Sorrentino

?Great Beauty? will surprise, perplex and bewitch highbrow audiences yearning for big cinematic feasts.

- Jay Weissburg, Variety

This movie looks and feels superb, it is pure couture cinema.

- Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

A shimmering coup de cinema to make your heart burst, your mind swim and your soul roar.

- Robbie Collin, The Telegraph

Une mise en scène éblouissante. (...) Toni Servillo est formidable.

- Marc Cassivi, La Presse

Synopsis

In this Oscar-nominated comedy, journalist Jep Gambardella (Toni Servillo, Il divo and Gomorrah) 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 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.