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The Great Beauty film director honoured for 'making Rome proud' The Great Beauty film director honoured for 'making Rome proud'
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The Italian capital has bestowed honorary citizenship on film director Paolo Sorrentino after The Great Beauty – in which Rome is used as a huge, mesmerising film set – triumphed at the Oscars.The Italian capital has bestowed honorary citizenship on film director Paolo Sorrentino after The Great Beauty – in which Rome is used as a huge, mesmerising film set – triumphed at the Oscars.
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Rome's mayor Ignazio Marino said Sorrentino – originally from Naples – deserved the honour for "making Rome and the whole country proud".Rome's mayor Ignazio Marino said Sorrentino – originally from Naples – deserved the honour for "making Rome and the whole country proud".
He said: "Sorrentino was not born in Rome but he has spoken of it with the love of one who was born and brought up in this city and for this we are grateful."He said: "Sorrentino was not born in Rome but he has spoken of it with the love of one who was born and brought up in this city and for this we are grateful."
The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) this month became the first Italian film to win in the foreign language category since Roberto Benigni's Life is Beautiful in 1999.The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) this month became the first Italian film to win in the foreign language category since Roberto Benigni's Life is Beautiful in 1999.
Some critics have argued that it has been as successful at summing up the spirit of the era as Roberto Rossellini was with Rome, Open City (1945) and Federico Fellini with La Dolce Vita (1960).Some critics have argued that it has been as successful at summing up the spirit of the era as Roberto Rossellini was with Rome, Open City (1945) and Federico Fellini with La Dolce Vita (1960).
Keen to make the most of the global interest the film has aroused, the city council on Friday unveiled a series of itineraries for tourists and locals keen to follow in the debonair steps of Jep Gambardella, The Great Beauty's protagonist.Keen to make the most of the global interest the film has aroused, the city council on Friday unveiled a series of itineraries for tourists and locals keen to follow in the debonair steps of Jep Gambardella, The Great Beauty's protagonist.
They include Gambardella's enviable flat near the Colosseum (which is not, however, open for visits), the Janiculum hill and the ancient Caracalla baths.They include Gambardella's enviable flat near the Colosseum (which is not, however, open for visits), the Janiculum hill and the ancient Caracalla baths.
Another tour offers the "unforgettable experience" of seeing Rome through Gambardella's eyes. It does not, however, include dinner with a Roman Catholic cardinal, sex in a darkened palazzo or parties involving either cocaine or the conga.Another tour offers the "unforgettable experience" of seeing Rome through Gambardella's eyes. It does not, however, include dinner with a Roman Catholic cardinal, sex in a darkened palazzo or parties involving either cocaine or the conga.