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Bellissima (1951)
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Synopsis: 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. 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. [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Anna Magnani
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Perhaps the most unjustly neglected of Luchino Visconti's early films is this hilarious 1951 comedy.
In addition to being a beautifully told story, Bellissima is the first honest self-portrait of the cinema.


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