Amarcord
Italy • 1973
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#4Criterion Collection →Synopsis
This carnivalesque portrait of provincial Italy during the fascist period, the most personal film from Federico Fellini, satirizes the director’s youth and turns daily life into a circus of social rituals, adolescent desires, male fantasies, and political subterfuge, all set to Nina Rota’s classic, nostalgia-tinged score. The Academy Award winning AMARCORD remains one of cinema’s enduring treasures.
Synopsis
This carnivalesque portrait of provincial Italy during the fascist period, the most personal film from Federico Fellini, satirizes the director’s youth and turns daily life into a circus of social rituals, adolescent desires, male fantasies, and political subterfuge, all set to Nina Rota’s classic, nostalgia-tinged score. The Academy Award winning AMARCORD remains one of cinema’s enduring treasures.
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Credits
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DirectorFederico Fellini
WriterFederico Fellini, Tonino Guerra
CinematographerGiuseppe Rotunno
ComposerNino Rota
EditorRuggero Mastroianni
ProducerFranco Cristaldi
