This film is a modern masterpiece of Cinema and for me the best movie from this years Cannes Film Festival. Luca Bigazzi's cinematography is beautiful, with elegant tracking shots of Rome that draw the viewer into the loveliness of Jep's world (even if age and experience seems to have robbed him of the ability to feel and see this great beauty himself).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkm_h-SWTUM

The enchanting score of choral works give depth to the wonderful images of Rome. The haunting soundtrack replaces the need for dialogue and adds intensity to Servillo's melancholic performance.

Servillo's acting is superb from his moments of dry humour to the heartbreaking intensity of those feelings he cannot quite hold on to.

La Grande Bellezza gives a window into Roman life that is probably only fully understood by a fellow Roman. However all can appreciate the aesthetic pleasure of Sorrentino's Rome and the bittersweet meanderings of its characters.

This is a cinema of the highest order, imbued with elegance & style. For the viewer it is like swimming in honey. Grazie Signore Sorrentino.

The background music in my video is My Heart's in the Highlands by Else Torp and Christopher Bowers and movie scenes are from La Grande Bellezza (2013).