La Dolce Vita Page #11

Synopsis: Journalist and man-about-town Marcello struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Federico Fellini
Production: American International Picture
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.1
Metacritic:
93
Rotten Tomatoes:
97%
NOT RATED
Year:
1960
174 min
6,051 Views


- Who's the idiot that broke the glass?

- Hi, Riccardo.

Tomorrow morning at 6:00

I'm leaving for Nice.

So everybody out in half an hour

or I will kick you out.

- I met her in Spoleto.

- Did you call that person?

No, I didn't. Guys, I'm serious,

out in half an hour.

Who cares if you're leaving?

We're not going anywhere.

We're all friends,

you can go if you want.

Intellectual man, why don't you

amuse us. I'll raise your salary.

Nadia was a good sport, but her

striptease didn't warm up the room.

Come on, come up with something!

I have 1000, 2000 ideas.

I could keep you a week without getting

bored, but you have to do what I say.

- We'll do anything you want.

- First of all, let's close the curtains.

Let's stay in here.

Let's keep this nice intimacy.

So I propose that our American

dancer makes love with someone.

Oh, yes, that's good!

I bet you never made love. Did you

ever have a man all to yourself?

Yes? No?

A man who holds you in his arms?

- What does he want?

- Nothing, he's drunk.

- Happy about your exploit?

- What time is it?

After all, it's a duty of hospitality

towards a foreigner, a tourist duty.

So I'll choose for you.

It'll be Tito the Brute who'll give you

the delight of the first screwing!

We didn't do anything. We're lacking

courage. You take care of the music.

Tito, take your shirt off.

- Come on!

- You think he's a man?

I made a good choice. Now, when I turn

off the light, make a woman out of her.

At the same time, the Tunisian girl

will approach the lawyer...

...who's been living on his memories...

- Speak for yourself!

All known means are accepted.

We're leaving.

Thank you for the beautiful evening.

No, nobody's getting out of here,

there's plenty of time till dawn.

You, half-impotent as a man

and as an artist...

...when I turn off the light,

be brave, make the leap!

- All right.

- Tonight...

...you'll couple with Mariuccio.

Then, Lisa...

...who paints only to take

her models to bed...

...you know what I got for you?

Now you've really bored us.

What are you trying to do?

Who are you trying to hurt?

I'll kick your ass out of here!

Who invited you?

Why are you breaking things?

Riccardino, you'll have a good time

now. This party must never end.

We'll all stay here.

Someone could come at anytime.

That's a great line! New, especially.

And you...

You're dying to make love with me...

...because you can't find anyone

who'd come under your sheets.

You release your tension by singing

on those lousy records...

God, Marcello, I pity you.

No, not even in Neapolitan dramas!

No!

You're a real pig. I don't allow

this sort of behavior.

Apologize to the lady!

Leave him alone.

I wanted to give a thank-you speech

to all my friends...

...for the beautiful career they gave me.

- Don't go. Stay with me!

I wanted to give a speech to thank...

Why? Who did you want to thank?

Beautiful, chubby, mountain farm girl!

I'll bet you're from my parts.

- Come here.

- Where are you from?

Let's show this bunch of impotents

how strong you are.

You came to Rome to try your luck,

didn't you?

But I'm so unlucky.

If you only knew how unlucky I am.

What's the matter? What is it?

Are you sick? Wake up!

Get her some water, she's sick.

I:

Andrea! Start turning off the lights.

- What about these guarantees?

- I'm not signing anything.

- I'm working on a movie.

- And you're already broke.

- It's not true.

- I said I'm not signing anything.

The case has been postponed

to the 15th.

What is this music?

What are you laughing at?

Who turned off the lights?

- Will you give me a ride?

- No, I'm not going to Rome.

You, come on, get dressed. Out!

Darling, don't worry.

This will help you.

This medicine will make

your headache go away.

So, what about your first husband?

I haven't seen him in a while.

To solve the garage problem, I had to

put the pool at the bottom of the stairs.

This girl is sick. Take her outside to get

some air. Then, thank God I found...

- Stand up!

- But I'm sick!

- Let's pretend you're a nice chicken.

- No, I don't feel like it.

- I bet you're from Fano.

- No, close to Fano.

What are you doing to that girl?

I really don't care.

You really don't care?

No, really, I don't care.

- I don't. If you don't write an article...

- Come here. Come here.

You sure tell a lot of lies

here in Rome.

I'm not finished with you.

Come here. Raise your head.

Raise your head!

- You fool.

- Do you know Commendatore Angelini?

What are you doing? Will you write it

in the paper that I wanted to strip?

- Do you want to dance?

- Yes.

These are really jokes for men.

- Let's go say hi to the painter.

- He's not there.

- He went to Riccione with his wife.

- Let's hitchhike.

No, I want to be alone.

- I'm really sad tonight.

- Me too.

- How do I look?

- You look like a hooker.

- You were very mean to Odette.

- You knew Odette?

But I left her the apartment.

- Who is that poor girl?

- My tummy hurts now.

It's daytime, people!

- My watch says 2 a.m.

- It must've stopped.

What time is it?

- It's 5:
15.

- I have to be in court at 9:00.

- Can you give me a ride into Rome?

- I'm not going to Rome.

It was a nice party,

but that's enough.

Enough, enough, enough.

Where are my shoes?

Caterina!

Sondra and Daniela!

Paul Newman!

- Have a nice trip, Riccardo.

- Bye. Sorry, but I really couldn't.

- And now the beautiful Nadia.

- Shall we go?

- Bye, I'll call you tomorrow.

- No, I'll call you when I get back.

- Bye, Nadia. Congratulations.

- Thanks, bye.

- Good luck to both of you!

- Thank you! Thank you!

And now it's the lawyer's turn!

- Grand finale with the lawyer!

- Why don't you do a striptease?

Well done, Mr. Lawyer.

- What's down there?

- Where?

Nature.

Dawn always makes me emotional.

So emotional.

I looked so good last night

with makeup. Now I feel all sticky.

But who cares anymore? It's time

for me to retire anyway. I feel that...

More retire and more come out.

If two retire, 10 more appear.

By 1965, it will be total perversion.

You'll see how disgusting.

- Back! Stand back!

- Easy. Easy!

You'll make a fortune with this fish.

It's worth millions.

Hey, guys, look! It's a monster!

Oh, my God.

- But it's alive.

- It's been dead for three days.

- Is it male or female?

- What's it looking at?

Why don't we buy it?

Would you sell it?

- I wonder where it comes from.

- Maybe it comes from Australia.

- Why Australia?

- Where's the head, where's the tail?

Poor thing.

And it insists on looking.

I don't understand.

I can't hear you!

I don't understand,

I can't hear!

- Let's go!

- I'm coming.

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Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (Italian: [fedeˈriːko felˈliːni]; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Known for his distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness, he is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. His films have ranked, in polls such as Cahiers du cinéma and Sight & Sound, as some of the greatest films of all time. Sight & Sound lists his 1963 film 8½ as the 10th-greatest film of all time. In a career spanning almost fifty years, Fellini won the Palme d'Or for La Dolce Vita, was nominated for twelve Academy Awards, and directed four motion pictures that won Oscars in the category of Best Foreign Language Film. In 1993, he was awarded an honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement at the 65th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles.Besides La Dolce Vita and 8½, his other well-known films include La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, Juliet of the Spirits, Satyricon, Amarcord and Fellini's Casanova. more…

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