Sorrentino’s ‘La Grande Bellezza’:Ready For Cannes?

Paolo Sorrentino’s newest film, La Grande Bellezza, stars Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone and Sabrina Ferilli and people are talking Cannes Film Festival.

Already sold to six countries (the US not one yet, sadly) at this year’s Berlinale, this one could be Sorrentino’s revenge. Screwed by the American distributor, The Weinstein Company, his outstanding This Must Be The Place with Sean Penn barely saw the light of day in America.

Weinstein's abandonment of 'This Must Be The Place' Was A Bitter Pill To Swallow.
Weinstein’s abandonment of ‘This Must Be The Place’ Was A Bitter Pill To Swallow.

READ MY REVIEW OF THIS MUST BE THE PLACE

La Grande Bellezza tells the story of a famous writer that has for years suffered from writer’s block. He simmers in a constant state of depression and melancholy, all around him the beauty of Rome and memories of his past successes.