After shooting to fame with Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” (1960), actor Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996) starred in more than 160 films in his nearly half-a-century career. Directors Mario Canale and Annarosa Morri look into the melancholic charm of one of the most famous Italian actors through interviews with his two daughters, Barbara and Chiara; directors Fellini and Luchino Visconti; actresses Claudia Cardinale and Anouk Aimee; and in archival footage of Mastroianni himself. The subject matter ranges from Mastroianni’s passion for kidney-bean pasta and his addiction to the telephone to his famous laziness, humility and talent. Shown in black-and-white, Mastroianni — elegantly holding a cigarette in between his fingers — is undeniably the dandy.
Marcello Mastroianni
Anouk Aimée
Sergio Castellitto
Ursula Andress
Claudia Cardinale
Lina Wertmüller
Barbara Mastroianni
Chiara Mastroianni
Ettore Scola
Mario Monicelli
Luchino Visconti
Giuseppe Rotunno
Luigi Magni
Federico Fellini
Marco Bellocchio
Liliana Cavani
Sophia Loren
Giovanna Cau
Gianni Di Venanzo
Pietro Germi
Armando Trovajoli
Valerio Zurlini
Giuseppe Tornatore
Sergio Rubini
Virna Lisi
Francesca Archibugi
Sandrine Bonnaire
Philippe Noiret
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Vittorio Taviani
Alfredo Bini