98 minutes
5/21/2006
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.
Marcello Mastroianni
as Self (archive footage)
Anouk Aimée
as Self
Sergio Castellitto
as Narrator (voice)
Ursula Andress
as Self (archive footage)
Claudia Cardinale
as Self
Lina Wertmüller
as Self
Barbara Mastroianni
as Self
Chiara Mastroianni
as Self
Ettore Scola
as Self
Mario Monicelli
as Self
Luchino Visconti
as Self (archive footage)
Giuseppe Rotunno
as Self
Luigi Magni
as Self
Federico Fellini
as Self (archive footage)
Marco Bellocchio
as Self
Liliana Cavani
as Self
Sophia Loren
as Self (archive footage)
Giovanna Cau
as Self
Gianni Di Venanzo
as Self (archive footage)
Pietro Germi
as Self (archive footage)
Armando Trovajoli
as Self
Valerio Zurlini
as Self (archive footage)
Giuseppe Tornatore
as Self
Sergio Rubini
as Self
Virna Lisi
as Self (archive footage)
Francesca Archibugi
as Self
Sandrine Bonnaire
as Self
Philippe Noiret
as Self
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
as Self
Vittorio Taviani
as Self
Alfredo Bini
as Self