Bellissima (film)

Bellissima (1951) is an Italian neorealism film by Italian director Luchino Visconti. The film, which is a satire of the film industry, was shot at the Cinecittà studios. Alessandro Blasetti, a contemporary film director, appears as himself. Bellissima is the only feature film in Visconti's oeuvre with a predominantly comic tone.

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• Plot
• Cast
• Awards
• References

Plot

Bellissima centers on a working-class mother in Rome, Maddalena (Anna Magnani), who drags her young daughter (Tina Apicella) to Cinecittà to attend an audition for a new film by Alessandro Blasetti. Maddalena is a stage mother who loves movies and whose efforts to promote her daughter grow increasingly frenzied.

Cast

Anna Magnani - Maddalena Cecconi

Walter Chiari - Alberto Annovazzi

Tina Apicella - Maria Cecconi

Gastone Renzelli - Spartaco Cecconi

Tecla Scarano - Tilde Spernanzoni

Lola Braccini - the photographer's wife

Arturo Bragaglia - the photographer

Nora Ricci - the laundry girl

Vittorina Benvenuti

Linda Sini - Mimmetta

Teresa Battaggi - a mother

Gisella Monaldi - a concierge

Amalia Pellegrini

Corrado Mantoni - radio announcer

Awards

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Nastro d'Argento

Winner: Best Actress (Migliore Attrice)- Anna Magnani