Bellissima

Aroview: Neo-realist dir. Visconti directs Anna Magnani in a freewheeling performance as a working-class mother obsessed with turning her young seven-year-old daughter into a movie star.

The light comedic overtones belie the devastating satire of the movie industry at its heart - this film features what Variety called 'one of the cruellest scenes ever filmed'. The famous Cinecittà Studios in Rome serves as backdrop.