Bellissima (film)
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Plot
Bellissima centers on a working-class mother in Rome, Maddalena, who drags her young daughter to Cinecittà Studios to attend an audition for a new film by Alessandro Blasetti. Maddalena's efforts to promote her daughter grow increasingly frenzied.
Cast
- Anna Magnani as Maddalena Cecconi
- Walter Chiari as Alberto Annovazzi
- Tina Apicella as Maria Cecconi
- Gastone Renzelli as Spartaco Cecconi
- Tecla Scarano as Tilde Spernanzoni
- Lola Braccini as the photographer's wife
- Arturo Bragaglia as the photographer
- Nora Ricci as the laundry girl
- Vittorina Benvenuti
- Linda Sini as Mimmetta
- Teresa Battaggi as a mother
- Gisella Monaldi as a concierge
- Amalia Pellegrini
- Corrado Mantoni as radio announcer
Production
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The film's sets were designed by Gianni Polidori. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios, which appear prominently in the film. It was not a box office success.[4]
Awards
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress Anna Magnani
References
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Bibliography
- Gundle, Stephen. Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism. Berghahn Books, 2019.
External links
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- 1951 films
- 1951 comedy-drama films
- Italian comedy-drama films
- Italian neorealist films
- 1950s Italian-language films
- Italian black-and-white films
- Films set in Rome
- Films directed by Luchino Visconti
- Films with screenplays by Suso Cecchi d'Amico
- Films with screenplays by Cesare Zavattini
- Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
- 1950s Italian films