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Variety Lights (1951)

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Average Rating:8.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: The first film directed by the incomparable Federico Fellini. Even at this early stage, he reveals a talent for capturing the colorful world of street artists, with its eccentric and often... The first film directed by the incomparable Federico Fellini. Even at this early stage, he reveals a talent for capturing the colorful world of street artists, with its eccentric and often endearing characters. A motley band of traveling performers takes in a beautiful, unsophisticated woman. But her presence sows confusion and jealousy within the group as she proceeds to seduce, and then abandon, the troupe's strutting, self-confident manager. Yet she has the one thing that most of these inveterate actors do not possess: true talent... [More]

Starring: Giulietta Masina, Peppion De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, John Kitzmiller

Starring: Giulietta Masina, Peppion De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, John Kitzmiller

Director: Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada

Director: Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada

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Jun 16, 2009

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In as sordid a trade as showbiz, it pays to create theater out of life's miseries

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09/25/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

Even in this early effort the whimsical, odd world of Fellini comes dancing forth.

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08/29/06
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01/26/06
Geoff Andrew
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07/17/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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The cognoscenti will recognize touches that have turned up in eight Fellini features that followed this one.

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05/09/05
A.H. Weiler
A.H. Weiler
New York Times
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Delightfully charming and whimsical, if nowhere near as consequential as Fellini's best.

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12/22/03
Gabe Leibowitz
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08/29/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

a funny, touching film about the foibles of desire and the dreams of stardom shared by both the young and the old

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02/27/01
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

It ranks with the more simple pleasures of Nights of Cabiria and La Strada -- in short, some of Fellini's best work.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

While many viewers may watch it primarily to look for clues as to the filmmaker Fellini would become, there’s actually a perfectly satisfying narrative at its core.

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