What age rating is The Great Beauty?

In Spain, The Great Beauty is not recommended for children under 12 years old.

When does The Great Beauty come out in Spain?

The Great Beauty opens in Spanish theaters on December 5, 2013.

How much did The Great Beauty gross?

The Great Beauty grossed $24.9M worldwide on a budget of $9.2M.

What is The Great Beauty based on?

The Great Beauty is based on Everybody’s Right, by Paolo Sorrentino.

Where was The Great Beauty filmed?

The Great Beauty was filmed in Rome.

The Great Beauty

Name: The Great Beauty
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Genre: Drama
Released: 2013-05-21
Duration: 2 h 21 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte

2013

Become a fan of its genres:

7.5/10

Release Date

21/05/2013

Popularity

🍅 Rotten Tomatoes

91%

🎬 Internet Movie Database

77%

Ⓜ️ Metacritic

86%

At the edge of despair, we just have to keep each other company.

The film opens with a quote from Journey to the End of the Night, the novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, which describes travel as useful yet full of disappointment and weariness. The story unfolds in Rome, a city the film portrays through its social life. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino, it follows a 65-year-old writer who became famous for a novel written in his youth. Since then, he has built a comfortable life, writing articles for the press and attending frivolous parties. His daily routine unfolds between loneliness and a dissatisfaction that surfaces in every encounter. Toni Servillo stars in the cast.

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Facts about The Great Beauty

Releases, age ratings, box office, post-credit scenes and more.

Post-credits sceneNone

Age ratingNot recommended for viewers under 12 years old

Spain releaseDecember 5, 2013

Worldwide premiereMay 21, 2013

Runtime2 h 21 min

Original languageItalian

Original titleLa grande bellezza

CountriesFrance, Italy

Production companiesFrance 2 Cinéma, Indigo Film, Babe Films

Budget$9.2M

Worldwide box office$24.9M

Box office in the U.S.$2.9M

Return on investmentx2.7 Box office hit

Based onEverybody’s Right by Paolo Sorrentino

Trailer views455K

More ratings

4.1/5Letterboxd76/100Trakt8.0/10Metacritic (público)4.0/4Roger Ebert

Awards for The Great Beauty

1Oscars won

60total awards

78total nominations

Oscars 1 2 nom.Golden Globes 1BAFTA 1 1 nom.

Awards won

2014Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
2013Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film
2014BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language · Nicola Giuliano
2014Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film
2014David di Donatello for Best Director · Paolo Sorrentino
2014Meeting Point Europe Award
2013European Film Award for Best Film · Paolo Sorrentino
2013European Film Award for Best Director · Paolo Sorrentino
2013European Film Award for Best Actor · Toni Servillo
2013European Film Award for Best Editor · Cristiano Travaglioli

Nominations

2014Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
2014International Submission to the Academy Awards
2014BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language
2014David di Donatello for Best Director
2013European Film Award for Best Actor
2013European Film Award for Best Director

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2013European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
2013European Film Award for Best Film

The Great Beauty Cast

Toni ServilloJep Gambardella

Carlo VerdoneRomano

Sabrina FerilliRamona

Carlo BuccirossoLello Cava

Iaia ForteTrumeau

Pamela VilloresiViola

Galatea RanziStefania

Franco GraziosiConte Colonna

Sonia GessnerContessa Colonna

Giorgio PasottiStefano

Massimo PopolizioAlfio Bracco

Luca MarinelliAndrea

Vernon DobtcheffArturo

Anita KravosTalia Concept

Roberta CartocciGuida Turistica

Lorenzo GioielliUomo Coppia Esibizionista

Giulia Di QuilioDonna Coppia Esibizionista

Monica PisedduMadre Chiostro

Anna Della RosaRagazza Esangue

Luciano VirgilioAlfredo Marti

Aldo RalliCardinale

Giusi MerliSanta

Dario CantarelliAssistente Santa

Massimo De FrancovichEgidio

Giulio BrogiMaestro del Cinema

Isabella FerrariOrietta

Roberto HerlitzkaCardinal Bellucci

Annaluisa CapasaElisa De Santis

Ivan FraněkRon Sweet

Giovanna VignolaDadina

Paolo MazzarelliAttore Fiction

Manuela GattiDonna Puzzole

Elisabetta VenturaBallerina Ventilatore

Serena GrandiLorena

Margherita CornaliDonna Adoro

LilloLillo De Gregorio

Ludovico CaldareraPadre Basilicata

Maria Laura RondaniniMadre Basilicata

Francesca AmodioCarmelina

Francesca GoliaSuora Botox

Silvia MunguiaAhé

Stefania BarcaDonna Botox

Gabriella BelisarioRagazza Botox

Melania FioreInfermiera Pos

Daniele PilliPrete Funerale

Massimo SantangeloAutista Pullman

Giorgia FerreroAmmiratrice Jep

Alessia BellottoAmmiratrice Jep

Giulia MaulucciAmmiratrice Jep

Caterina ScalapriceAmmiratrice Jep

Maria LovettiContessa Festa

Natalia De MariaCubista Festa Jep

Severino CesariSebastiano Paf

Agata MalyszkoPolina

Cristina AubryDadina (voice)

Fanny ArdantFanny Ardant (uncredited)

Giulio BrogiMaster of Cinema (uncredited)

Stefano FregniCrazy Man at Park (uncredited)

Gianpiero CognoliDIA Agent (uncredited)

Yohana AllenParty Guest (uncredited)

Mirko FrezzaParty Guest (uncredited)

Piero GimondoParty Guest (uncredited)

Leo MantovaniParty Guest (uncredited)

Giulia RinalloParty Guest (uncredited)

Paolo SorrentinoComparsa

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Cast of The Great Beauty by the numbers

56average cast age in years

9years of age gap between the leads

49%women in the cast

30%women in the crew

The youngest in the main cast: Giorgio Pasotti, age 40 at release. The oldest: Franco Graziosi, at 84.

Cast ages at release

Toni Servillo54 years old
Carlo Verdone63 years old
Sabrina Ferilli49 years old
Carlo Buccirosso59 years old
Iaia Forte51 years old
Pamela Villoresi56 years old
Galatea Ranzi45 years old
Franco Graziosi84 years old
Giorgio Pasotti40 years old

Crew

AddressPaolo Sorrentino
WritingPaolo Sorrentino, Umberto Contarello
MusicLele Marchitelli
PhotographyLuca Bigazzi
EditingCristiano Travaglioli
Production designStefania Cella
Costume designDaniela Ciancio
CastingAnnamaria Sambucco
Visual effectsRodolfo Migliari
ProductionNicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Jérôme Seydoux, Fabio Conversi

Trivia about The Great Beauty

With a production budget of €9.2 million, the film grossed more than $24 million worldwide.

On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 91% approval rating based on 135 reviews, with a weighted average of 8/10.

Pedro Almodóvar included it among the twelve best films of 2013 and placed it second on their list.

In 2016, an international poll of 177 critics from around the world ranked it among the 100 best films since 2000.

The film was shot in Rome beginning August 9, 2012, and competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

An extended version running 174 minutes premiered at the Rome Film Festival in October 2015 and reached Italian cinemas in June 2016.

At the 2014 Academy Awards, it won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film, after Italy had not won that award since 1999.

In 2013, it won four European Film Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor for Toni Servillo, and Best Editing, plus the Best Screenwriter award.

Sources: Wikipedia (English)