

Marcello, una vita dolce
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After shooting to fame with Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” (1960), actor Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996) starred in more than 160 films in his nearly half-a-century career. Directors Mario Canale and Annarosa Morri look into the melancholic charm of one of the most famous Italian actors through interviews with his two daughters, Barbara and Chiara; directors Fellini and Luchino Visconti; actresses Claudia Cardinale and Anouk Aimee; and in archival footage of Mastroianni himself. The subject matter ranges from Mastroianni’s passion for kidney-bean pasta and his addiction to the telephone to his famous laziness, humility and talent. Shown in black-and-white, Mastroianni — elegantly holding a cigarette in between his fingers — is undeniably the dandy.
Cast

Marcello Mastroianni
Self (archive footage)

Anouk Aimée
Self

Sergio Castellitto
Narrator (voice)

Ursula Andress
Self (archive footage)

Claudia Cardinale
Self

Lina Wertmüller
Self

Barbara Mastroianni
Self

Chiara Mastroianni
Self

Ettore Scola
Self

Mario Monicelli
Self

Luchino Visconti
Self (archive footage)

Giuseppe Rotunno
Self

Luigi Magni
Self

Federico Fellini
Self (archive footage)

Marco Bellocchio
Self

Liliana Cavani
Self

Sophia Loren
Self (archive footage)

Giovanna Cau
Self

Gianni Di Venanzo
Self (archive footage)

Pietro Germi
Self (archive footage)

Armando Trovajoli
Self

Valerio Zurlini
Self (archive footage)

Giuseppe Tornatore
Self

Sergio Rubini
Self

Virna Lisi
Self (archive footage)

Francesca Archibugi
Self

Sandrine Bonnaire
Self

Philippe Noiret
Self

Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Self

Vittorio Taviani
Self
