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8 unusual facts about La dolce vita


Astor Pictures

Astor's biggest success was undoubtedly Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960), which was a huge box-office hit for the company, and allowed it to continue to release foreign films such as Michael Powell's Peeping Tom (1960), François Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player (1960), Alain Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad (1961) and Orson Welles' The Trial (1962).

Dimitri from Paris

His musical influences are rooted in 1970s funk and disco sounds that spawned contemporary house music, as well as original soundtracks from 1950s and 1960s cult movies such as Breakfast at Tiffany's, La Dolce Vita and The Party, which were sampled in his album Sacrebleu.

Divorce Italian Style

Rosalia feigns to have a terrible headache and remains home while the rest of the family go out to the theatre to see the première of La Dolce Vita, a film so scandalous that no one wishes to miss it.

Entertainment One Films

Their catalog includes foreign film classics such as La Dolce Vita, Peau d'Âne (Donkey Skin), The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Official Story, and Theorem as well as contemporary releases such as The Syrian Bride, Changing Times, Man Push Cart and the documentaries Our Brand Is Crisis and The Bridge.

La peli

The movie pays homage to Federico Fellini to a great extent: several references are made to La Dolce Vita and throughout the film.

Landi Swanepoel

She is known for her campaigns for Guess?, but her highest accolade was her selection as the "Sylvia" character in Peroni's Nastro Azzurro beer commercial that pays homage to Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita.

Tambroni Cabinet

Its Minister of Culture Umberto Tupini attacked Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita, announcing that all the "shameful films" would soon be banned.

The Via Veneto Papers

The first, The Via Veneto Papers, is an evocation of the Rome of La Dolce Vita, of the early stages in the writing and the realising of the film itself, and, through a series of brilliant little sketches, a commemoration of the aging Italian poet Vincenzo Cardarelli, skeptical survivor from an earlier time, representative of an altogether different life.


Ida Galli

This role caught the attention of Federico Fellini, who cast Galli in a small part in his 1960 film La dolce vita.

Tullio Pinelli

Tullio Pinelli (24 June 1908 – 7 March 2009) was an Italian screenwriter best known for his work on the Federico Fellini classics I Vitelloni, La Strada, La Dolce Vita and .


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Min kärlek

On the Swedish hitlist Svensktoppen "Min kärlek" was the best placed 2004 Melodifestivalen song at Svensktoppen, before the 5th placed "Det gör ont" and the 12th placed "La dolce vita".