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This beautiful, visually intricate film set in the hectic atmosphere surrounding a small vaudeville troupe in Italy is Federico Fellini’s directorial debuts. It is a collaborative effort: young Fellini co-directs with veteran Alberto Lattuada and both their wives, Carla Del Poggio and Giulietta Masina co-star in the film.
Eerily anticipating Chaplin’s Calvero in Limelight (1952), Checco Dal Monte is the troupe’s principal comic. Masina (superb—best supporting actress, Italian critics) plays Melina Amour, another careworn troupe member and Checco’s caring partner. (At one point she asks Checco, “We will get married one day, won’t we?” but so casually, fleetingly, it is more an expression of doubt than a question.) Del Poggio’s Liliana insinuates herself into the troupe, by degrees taking over Checco, who takes over the troupe to advance her career. Lily, though, trades him in for someone who can be many more times helpful in making her a star.
Lattuada and Fellini create a memorable film, full of warmth and sympathy for the life of actors on the road.
To attend to this presentation in person please reserve your seat HERE.
This beautiful, visually intricate film set in the hectic atmosphere surrounding a small vaudeville troupe in Italy is Federico Fellini’s directorial debuts. It is a collaborative effort: young Fellini co-directs with veteran Alberto Lattuada and both their wives, Carla Del Poggio and Giulietta Masina co-star in the film.
Eerily anticipating Chaplin’s Calvero in Limelight (1952), Checco Dal Monte is the troupe’s principal comic. Masina (superb—best supporting actress, Italian critics) plays Melina Amour, another careworn troupe member and Checco’s caring partner. (At one point she asks Checco, “We will get married one day, won’t we?” but so casually, fleetingly, it is more an expression of doubt than a question.) Del Poggio’s Liliana insinuates herself into the troupe, by degrees taking over Checco, who takes over the troupe to advance her career. Lily, though, trades him in for someone who can be many more times helpful in making her a star.
Lattuada and Fellini create a memorable film, full of warmth and sympathy for the life of actors on the road.