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Essential Fellini

Amarcord

2h 6m

Directed by Federico Fellini • 1973 • France, Italy

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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