LA GRANDE BELLEZZA

Paolo Sorrentino

OFF-FESTIVAL 2026 - In collaboration With Les Cocagnes
Dinner-projection

Synopsis : Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.

Year

2013

Length

2h22m

Language

Italian, French, English

Director

Paolo Sorrentino

Screenwriter

Umberto Contarello, Paolo Sorrentino

Cast

Sabrina Ferilli, Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone

Country

Italy, France

Type

Feature film

Category

Fiction

Subtitle

French

6 August 18:00 to 21:00

Les Cocagnes

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Paolo Sorrentino

Born in Naples in 1970, director and screenwriter Paolo Sorrentino left his economics studies at 25 to pursue filmmaking.
A regular at the Cannes Film Festival, he achieved international acclaim by winning the 2014 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for The Great Beauty.
Also a published novelist, he successfully ventured into television with The Young Pope while continuing to build a major cinematic body of work (Il Divo, Youth).

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