Backdrop
Movie Poster
7.1

Variety Lights

DramaMusicRomanceNot Rated

Duration

1h 33m

Release

6 Dec 1950

Country

Italy

Language

Italian

Overview

In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of Checco's mistress, Melina Amour, but the fledgling performer has far bigger ambitions and soon sets her sights on a higher-profile role.

Plot

A beautiful, ambitious young woman joins a traveling troupe of third-rate vaudevillians and inadvertently causes jealousy and emotional crises.

Cast

Peppino De FilippoCarla Del PoggioGiulietta Masina

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10Rotten Tomatoes: 100%Metacritic: 81/100

Details

Director

Federico FelliniAlberto Lattuada

Writers

Federico FelliniEnnio FlaianoAlberto Lattuada

Awards

1 win
Watch Now