Blu-ray
The great beauty = La grande bellezza
Call Number
- BLU-RAY FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Languages
In Italian, with English subtitles.
Performers
Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte, Pamela Villoresi, Galatea Ranzi, Massimo De Francovich, Roberto Herlitzka, Isabella Ferrari.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2014]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : color illustrations ; 17 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
For decades, journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the glittering nightlife of Rome. Since the legendary success of his only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city's literary and elite social circles. But on his sixty-fifth birthday, Jep unexpectedly finds himself taking stock of his life, turning his cutting wit on himself and his contemporaries, and looking past the lavish nightclubs, parties, and cafés to find Rome itself, in all its monumental glory: a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Special features: New 2K digital film transfer, approved by director Paolo Sorrentino, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack ; new conversation between Sorrentino and Italian cultural critic Antonio Monda ; new interview with actor Toni Servillo ; new interview with screenwriter Umberto Contarello ; deleted scenes ; trailer.