La Dolce Vita (Italian pronunciation: [la ˈdoltʃe ˈviːta]; Italian for "the sweet life" or "the good life") is a 1960 comedy-drama film written and directed by the critically acclaimed director Federico Fellini. The film is a story of a passive journalist's week in Rome, and his search for both happiness and love that will never come. Generally cited as the film that marks the transition between Fellini's earlier neo-realist films and his later art films, it is widely considered as one of the great achievements in world cinema, and had won the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.
Based on the most common interpretation of the storyline, the film can be divided into a prologue, seven major episodes interrupted by an intermezzo, and an epilogue. If the evenings of each episode were joined with the morning of the respective preceding episode together as a day, they would form seven consecutive days, which may not necessarily be the case.
1st Day Sequence: A helicopter transports a statue of Christ over an ancient Roman aqueduct outside Rome while a second, Marcello's news helicopter, follows it into the city. The news helicopter is momentarily sidetracked by a group of bikini-clad women sunbathing on the rooftop of a high-rise apartment building. Hovering above, Marcello uses gestures to elicit phone numbers from them but fails in his attempt then shrugs and continues on following the statue into Saint Peter's Square.
Plot
Journalist and man-about-town Marcello struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
Keywords: actress, alienation, aristocrat, author, balcony, balloon, basilica, beach, black-dress, black-strapless-dress
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Marcello Rubini: You are the first woman on the first day of creation. You are mother, sister, lover, friend, angel, devil, earth, home.
Steiner: Don't be like me. Salvation doesn't lie within four walls. I'm too serious to be a dilettante and too much a dabbler to be a professional. Even the most miserable life is better than a sheltered existence in an organized society where everything is calculated and perfected.
Transvestite: By 1965 there'll be total depravity. How squalid everything will be.
Marcello Rubini: [to Emma] A man who agrees to live like this is a finished man, he's nothing but a worm! I don't believe in your aggressive, sticky, maternal love! I don't want it, I have no use for it! This isn't love, it's brutalization!
Steiner: We must get beyond passions, like a great work of art. In such miraculous harmony. We should love each other outside of time... detached.
Jag sitter ensam när showen är slut
då kommer känslan tillbaks.
Går ut i natten där himlen är blå
som den kan va After Dark.
Jag vill ha fartfyllda heta nätter,
spänning och magi.
Jag är här
Jag är nu
Jag är friiii..
[Chorus]
För jag vill leva la Dolce vita (ooh)
ja, jag vill leva la Dolce vita (ooh)
Jag vill bada i Champagne min vän,
på resan genom gryningen. (ooh)
För jag vill leva la Dolce vita (ooh)
ja, jag vill leva la Dolce Vita (ooh)
Ge mig glitter och glamour,
här där verkligheten bor,
Dolce vita mou'amour.
Det känns som om livet har mera att ge
än bara ansvar och krav.
Jag tänkte vi kunde dansa och le
ända tills natten blir dag.
Och leva livet i stadens glimmer,
tänja varje gräns.
Jag är här,
jag är nu,
ja det känns...
[Chorus]
Leva la dolce vita
Leva la dolce vita
Dolce vita mon amour
You're the only bank that's open all night, La Dolce Vita
Now that's clear, can you give me a light, La Dolce Vita
Now that that's clear, when do we eat? La Dolce Vita
Now that that's clear can I have another plate of your
La Dolce Vita
CHORUS
Goldiggers arise
Goldiggers are hungry guys
Goldiggers are we
Step up follow me
Mira, mira, guys, there's Lira in her eyes, La Dolce Vita
Looking real bored is what you pay me for, La Dolce Vita
Looking real bored's as hard as scrubbing floors, La Dolce Vita
I'm overpaid but still I'll ask for more, La Dolce Vita
Baby, after all you've got to help the poor, La Dolce Vita
CHORUS
Mira, mira, guys, there's Lira in here eyes, La Dolce Vita
I catch a cold just by looking in your eyes, La Dolce Vita
That's just a hazard in work of this kind, La Dolce Vita
Baby you're looking younger every day, La Dolce Vita
I really mean it, it ain't just the pay, La Dolce Vita
CHORUS
Mira, mira, guys, there's Lira in her eyes, La Dolce Vita
Life isn't much, but there's nothing else to do, La Dolce Vita
There's a mattress on the floor
The refrigerator's empty
Strung lights above the door
Wildflowers by the entry
Oh whoa
Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa
There's a dusty window pane
And we let the birds fly in
Even when it starts to rain
There's a rainbow in the kitchen
Oh whoa
Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa
What good is life
If there's no fight
We're struggling but we're not alone
You by my side
We'll be alright
It's ugly but it's beautiful
Baby it's tough times in America
If love is free
I got everything I need
So take my hand and never let go
Baby it's tough times in America
If love is free
I got everything I need
This is la dolce vita
This is la dolce vita
This is la dolce vita
We read by candlelight
The television's
Never working
But it's full of love tonight
Even though
We both have nothing
Oh whoa
Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa
What good is life
If there's no fight
We're struggling but we're not alone
You by my side we'll be alright
It's ugly but it's beautiful
Baby it's tough times in America
If love is free
I got everything I need
So take my hand and never let go
Baby it's tough times in America
If love is free
I got everything I need
This is la dolce vita
This is la dolce vita
This is la dolce vita
Baby it's tough times in America
If love is free
I got everything I need
So take my hand and never let go
Baby it's tough times in America
If love is free
I got everything I need
This is la dolce vita (Yeah)
This is la dolce vita (Yeah)
Sointu viimeinen lapsuuden laulun
Taivaanrantaan kun soimaan nyt jää
Niin en hahmoa enkelitaulun
Enää turvana vierelläin nää
Silti ylitse tuhannen tuulen
Kuulen laulu soi niin huoleton
Ja sen mukana laulaa voi onnellinen:
Lapsi kesän ja auringon
La dolce vita
On ollut kaikki tuo suloista niin
La dolce vita
Ei aihetta kyyneliin
Minä sammutin elämän janoa vaan
Minä osasin onnea anoa vaan
Jälkeen kaiken nyt saatan sen sanoa vaan
La dolce vita
Joskus mieleni valtaa taas kaipuu
Seuraan valkoisten enkelien
Sateenkaari kun taivaalla taipuu
Enkä löytänyt juurelle sen
Vaan kun kulkee tuo hetkien nauha on
Rauha sielussa rikkomaton
Ja teille nyt laulaa voi onnellinen:
Lapsi kesän ja auringon
La dolce vita
On ollut kaikki tuo suloista niin
La dolce vita
Ei aihetta kyyneliin
Minä sammutin elämän janoa vaan
Minä osasin onnea anoa vaan
Jälkeen kaiken nyt saatan sen sanoa vaan
La dolce vita
La dolce vita
On ollut kaikki tuo suloista niin
La dolce vita
Ei aihetta kyyneliin
Minä sammutin elämän janoa vaan
Minä osasin onnea anoa vaan
Jälkeen kaiken nyt saatan sen sanoa vaan
La dolce vita
La dolce vita
On n'aura qu'Ã faire
Comme si tout allait bien
Si c'est pas vrai
Ca fait rien
On n'aura qu'Ã faire semblant,
Quitte à faire sans,
Quitte à faire comme
Nos parents
Comme un bon p'tit soldat, bon apôtre
Pas un geste, pas un mot
Plus haut que l'autre
C'est la Dolce Vita
Il faut bien qu'on oublie
Cette vie qu'on ne vit pas
Qu'on s'est pourtant promis
Et voilà le doute et le mépris
Voilà à quoi nos vies
Se résument
Il aura suffi d'un coeur
En panne de coeur
Pour que la flamme
Se consume
Il aurait suffi d'un peu d'amour encore
Pour que la flamme
Se rallume
Mais la Dolce Vita
Se peut-il qu'on oublie
Cette vie qu'on ne vit pas
Qu'on s'est pourtant promis
Rappelle-toi ce qu'on voulait,
Nous, c'est l'amour
Pas l'amertume et l'ennui
Rappelle-toi ce qu'on faisait,
Nous, c'est l'amour
Pas cette série de compromis
En guise d'amour nous voilà côte à côte
Si proches et si distants
L'un de l'autre
Je vis, tu vis sans joie, sans cri
J'assiste à notre lente
Agonie
Rappelle-toi ce qu'on voulait si fort
Il suffirait d'y croire encore
Rappelle-toi ce qu'on voulait si fort
Il suffirait de le vouloir encore
Rappelle-toi ce qu'on voulait si fort
C'était la Dolce Vita