Bellissima (film)

Infobox Film
name = Bellissima


image_size = 200px
caption = Poster
director = Luchino Visconti
producer =
writer = Cesare Zavattini
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Francesco Rosi
Luchino Visconti
narrator =
starring = Anna Magnani
Walter Chiari
Tina Apicella
Gastone Renzelli
Tecla Scarano
Arturo Bragaglia
Alessandro Blasetti
music = Franco Mannino, inspired by Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore
cinematography = Piero Portalupi
editing = Mario Serandrei
distributor =
released = flagicon|Italy 27 December, 1951
flagicon|USA 15 May, 1953
runtime = 115 Min. There are shorter versions in UK and USA
country = ITA
language = Italian
budget =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0043332

"Bellissima" is an Italian neorealism 1951 film by Italian director Luchino Visconti. The film is about and was shot at Cinecittà. Alessandro Blasetti appears himself as film director. "Bellissima" is a satire of film industry, and centers around a mother and daughter pair. Maddalena (Anna Magnani) is a stage mother who drags her daughter (Tina Apicella) to Cinecittà for the "Prettiest Girl in Rome" contest.

Cast

*Anna Magnani - Maddalena Cecconi
*Walter Chiari - Alberto Annovazzi
*Tina Apicella - Maria Cecconi
*Gastone Renzelli - Spartaco Cecconi
*Tecla Scarano - Tilde Spernanzoni
*Lola Braccini - The wife of the photographer
*Anton Giulio Bragaglia - The photographer
*Nora Ricci - The laundry girl
*Vittorina Benvenuti
*Linda Sini - Mimmetta
*Teresa Battaggi - The snob mother
*Gisella Monaldi - The concierge
*Amalia Pellegrini

Awards

*Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Nastro d'Argento
**Winner: Best Actress (Migliore Attrice)- Anna Magnani

External links

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* Great French site about Visconti: http://emmanuel.denis.free.fr/visconti.html
* Pauline Kael's review : http://www.geocities.com/paulinekaelreviews/b3.html
* DVDbeaver review: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews32/bellissima.htm