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Italian | La grande bellezza |
Directed by | Paolo Sorrentino |
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Story by | Paolo Sorrentino |
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Cinematography | Luca Bigazzi |
Edited by | Cristiano Travaglioli |
Music by | Lele Marchitelli |
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Language | Italian |
Budget | €9.2 million |
Box office | $24.9 million[2] |
The Great Beauty (Italian: La grande bellezza [la ˈɡrande belˈlettsa]) is a 2013 art drama film co-written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Filming took place in Rome starting on 9 August 2012. It premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where it was screened in competition for the Palme d'Or.[3] It was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival,[4] the 2013 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (winning Grand Prix), and at the 2013 Reykjavik European Film Festival.
The film won Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,[5] as well as the Golden Globe and the BAFTA award in the same category. It is a co-production between the Italian Medusa Film and Indigo Film and the French Babe Films, with support from Banca Popolare di Vicenza, Pathé and France 2 Cinéma.[6][7] With a production budget of €9.2 million, the film grossed over $24 million worldwide.