Bellissima (Italian, Subtitled in English)
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 54 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 13, 2012
- Originally Released: 1951
- Label: Momentum
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Anna Magnani & Walter Chiari | |
| Directed by | Luchino Visconti | |
| Screenplay by | Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Francesco Rosi & Luchino Visconti |
Entertainment Reviews:
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3 stars out of 5 -- Watched today, BELLISSIMA's themes of celebrity, money and the need for escapist fantasy are especially pertinent.
Total Film
It lacks the emotional validity needed for the denouement.
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The Spectator
[P]rofound....Visconti's understated direction helps, but it's Magnani's performance that drives it.
Sight and Sound
... this is about ruthless competition to break into show business with Anna Magnani as the working-class woman turned aggressive stage mother ...
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Parallax View
Rating: 8/10 --
A great introduction to the work of Anna Magnani and Italian neorealist director Luchino Visconti. The dialogue overlaps and everyone speaks quickly, so in all honesty it's a challenge to watch in Italian with English subtitles. But it's also rewarding.
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Movie Metropolis
Perhaps the most unjustly neglected of Luchino Visconti's early films is this hilarious 1951 comedy.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 3/4 --
In addition to being a beautifully told story, Bellissima is the first honest self-portrait of the cinema.
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TV Guide
Product Description:
A mother blinded by pride hatches unrealistic plans for her daughter's show business career when a famous director comes to town and starts casting the role of a young girl for his movie.
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