STORY: A journalist mixes in modern Roman high society and is alternately bewitched and sickened by what he sees.
REVIEW: Episodic satirical melodrama, a marathon self-indulgent wallow with a wagging finger never far away. Full of choice moments such as a statue of Christ being flown by helicopter over the city.
B.O.M. RATING: ★★★★★
ADJUSTED US GROSS: $174,240,000 (in 2016 USD)
US BOX OFFICE WEEKLY RANK: 3
CAST: Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimee, Alain Cuny
DIRECTOR: Federico Fellini
❝An awesome picture, licentious in content but moral and vastly sophisticated in its attitude and what it says❞ – Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Complete US Box Office Charts (week-by-week)
from Variety magazine are available here:
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