Hollywood's greatest night, Rome's loneliest streets — glamour has never felt this hollow.
On March 21, 1956, Anna Magnani wins the Academy Award for Best Actress. She spends the night waiting for the news wandering the streets of Rome. However, an unpredictable turn of fate pushes her aside at the moment of her greatest splendor, showing her human side and the world that surrounds her. Above everything is Roberto Rossellini, "an imprint in the heart that lives on even when time has erased everything else."
Acting
Guerritore channels Magnani's volcanic soul with uncanny precision.
Direction
Guerritore directs herself into devastating emotional territory.
Cinematography
Rome at night becomes a character of longing and shadow.
Director
Monica Guerritore
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