Bellissima (film)

Bellissima

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Luchino Visconti
Written by Cesare Zavattini
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Francesco Rosi
Luchino Visconti
Starring Anna Magnani
Walter Chiari
Tina Apicella
Gastone Renzelli
Tecla Scarano
Arturo Bragaglia
Alessandro Blasetti
Music by Franco Mannino, inspired by Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore
Cinematography Piero Portalupi
Edited by Mario Serandrei
Release dates
 27 December 1951
Running time
 115 minutes {release version}
Country Italy
Language Italian

Bellissima (1951) is an Italian neorealism film by Italian director Luchino Visconti. The film, which is a satire of the film industry, was shot at the Cinecittà studios. Alessandro Blasetti, a contemporary film director, appears as himself.

Plot

Bellissima centers on a working-class mother in Rome, Maddalena (Anna Magnani), who drags her young daughter (Tina Apicella) to Cinecittà for the "Prettiest Girl in Rome" contest. Maddalena is a stage mother who loves movies and whose efforts to promote her daughter grow increasingly frenzied.

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