Luchino Visconti’s BELLISSIMA
Luchino Visconti
Italy, 1951 Directed by Luchino Visconti Starring Anna Magnani, Tina Apicella, Walter Chiari, Gastone Renzelli Approx. 115 min. “Perhaps the most unjustly neglected of Luchino Visconti’s early films is this hilarious 1951 comedy, tailored to the talents of Anna Magnani, about a working-class woman who is determined to get her plain seven-year-old daughter into movies. A wonderful send-up of the Italian film industry and the illusions that it fosters, delineated in near-epic proportions with style and brio.” – Jonathan Rosenbaum A JANUS FILMS RELEASE
