Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daughter to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star. She is ready to sacrifice anything for little Maria.
Acting
Magnani's volcanic desperation — cinema's greatest ugly-cry.
Direction
Visconti weaponizes Cinecittà glamour against its own illusions.
Writing
Dialogue that cuts like Roman street gossip.
Director
Luchino Visconti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot at actual Cinecittà studios during Italy's postwar 'Hollywood on the Tiber' boom — Visconti knew this world intimately from his own aristocratic-fallen-on-hard-times trajectory.
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