Festival Predictions

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grande Bellezza

Published on April 14, 2013

#7. Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grande Bellezza

Gist: The story of an aging journalist, Jap Gambardella (Toni Servillo, the man behind the Andreotti mask in Il Divo), who bitterly recollects his passionate, long-lost youth. A portrait of today’s Rome.

Prediction: Without question, this will be in the Main Competition. Thierry has been a major supporter of Sorrentino’s uniquely slick brand of stylized politickin’, showcasing his work (2008’s Grand Jury Prize winning Il Divo) even when he bring forth such oddball efforts as This Must Be the Place. And without any other major Italian candidates this year, you can pretty much just go ahead and take this one to Vegas.

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Blake Williams is an avant-garde filmmaker born in Houston, currently living and working in Toronto. He recently entered the PhD program at University of Toronto's Cinema Studies Institute, and has screened his video work at TIFF (2011 & '12), Tribeca (2013), Images Festival (2012), Jihlava (2012), and the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley. Blake has contributed to IONCINEMA.com's coverage for film festivals such as Cannes, TIFF, and Hot Docs. Top Films From Contemporary Film Auteurs: Almodóvar (Talk to Her), Coen Bros. (Fargo), Dardennes (Rosetta), Haneke (Code Unknown), Hsiao-Hsien (Flight of the Red Balloon), Kar-wai (Happy Together), Kiarostami (Where is the Friend's Home?), Lynch (INLAND EMPIRE), Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs), Van Sant (Last Days), Von Trier (The Idiots)