Society and Spectacle
Lights of Variety
Luci del varietà
Fellini’s first credit as director follows the fortunes of a travelling theatrical troupe.
Italy 1950
Dirs Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada
With Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, Giulietta Masina
98min
Digital 4K
English subtitles
Certificate PG
After several years working as a screenwriter and assistant on films such as Roberto Rossellini’s neorealist classics Rome Open City and Paisan, Fellini was given the chance to co-write and direct his first feature. It was inspired by the director’s memories of touring the Italian provinces with a variety show and offers a fascinating glimpse of themes and situations which would be more fully developed in later works.
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