The National Agency of Italy on Tourism has compiled its list of the most famous and significant films about this country. We chose our magnificent seven.
1. Roman holidays
One of the greatest films of the 20th century (came out in 1953) dedicated to the incomparable beauty of Rome, tells the story of the Roman adventure of Anna (Audrey Hepburn): Ann - Princess, who runs away from his diplomatic duties to see Rome as a regular tourist. Joe (Gregory Pek) finds her wandering through the streets of the city and is trying to help her realize her desire, helping her to avoid paparazzi and pursuing her agents in civilian clothes. The most famous scene, depicted on the poster, is Audrey Hepburn with Gregory Pec on the legendary scooter of Vespa, ride past the Colosseum and Venice Square. Another Roman address, especially important for the film, - Viya Margutta 51, the workshop of the local sculptor, "playing the role" of the house of the main hero of Joe / Gregory Pek.
2. Sweet life
"Sweet Life", the famous "Dolce Vita", a masterpiece, filmed Federico Fellini, became a symbol of "Made in Italy" and the magical Rome of the 1960s, causing nostalgia. The film tells about various episodes from the life of the journalist Marchello (Marchello Mastroinni), the author of full woven articles fonding a secular life and beautiful women. The place where the main action is deployed is the famous Roman street Via Veneto (even if the Cinecittà film studio is completely recreated) and its bars, in which celebrities and middle-class representatives hang out. The most famous scene - swimming Anita Eberg in the Fountain of Trevi: Eberg is getting the role of unbridled Sylvia, a famous actress that leaves the party to spend the night, walking around the city with Marchello. The film became a source of inspiration for many directories and led to the birth of the word "paparazzo" (on behalf of the character in the film).
3. Talented Mr. Ripley
This recognized thriller is an authentic anthem of Italy, which is shown from the north to the south: the shooting took place on the case, the name, the Sorrentin Peninsula, in Rome, Venice, Naples, Livorno, Palermo and San Remo (although the scenes in the casino were removed in Anzio). In the film, the action of which deployed in the late 1950s, tells about the young Tome of Ripley (Matt Damon), who pretends to another, and one rich family from New York hires him to return home the son of Dicky (Jude Lowe) living in Voluntary "beautiful exile" in Italy with his girlfriend Marge (Gwyneth Paltrow). Tom joins them on Szero (in the film is the island of Montzhibello), becomes their friend, everything deeper and deeper into their lives, so much that he begins to issue himself. One of the most famous scenes is on the beach, on about. Ischia when three young people meet for the first time, and the scene in which Rosario Fiorello, Jude Lowe and Matt Damon sing the song "Tu VuÒ Fa" L'Americano 'in the club in Szero.
4. Basilicate: from the coast to the coast
A real anthem of love for the region, which is often forgotten, but which is truly beautiful. The film of the adventures of four friends, who, together with the main, Nikola (Rocco Papaleo), should be reached, should get from Maratia, located on the Tyrrhenian coast, to Scanzano Jonico on Ionian to take part in the music festival. They decide not to go by car, but to go on foot along the neighbor roads to fill their life, devoid of energy and goals. Their journey with songs, a glass of wine and unexpected meetings will have a therapeutic influence on all. The film is completely unfolded in the Basilikat, in the towns of Maratea, Trekkina, Lauria, Tramutol, Spinoozo, Aliano, Scanzano-Jonico and in the abandoned by the residents of the Ghost Town Crack. Among the most famous scenes are the first, filmed at the foot of the Giant Statue of Christ the Redeemer, offering a view of Marate; Arrival on Gramschi Square in Scanzano, and a scene on Pertuzillo Lake, where the main characters stop spending the night.
5. Tourist
Romantic Thriller "Tourist", whose action unfolds in the most romantic city on Earth, in Venice, - On how the American Mathematics Teacher Frank Tapeel (Johnny Depp), who meets the train charming and mysterious Eliz (Angelina Jolie) and follows her in Venice. He does not suspect that the police watches her husband, looking for her husband (mixed in tax fraud and presumably making a plastic surgery in order to change appearance). In one of the most famous scenes, Frank jumps out from the balcony right on the canopy of fruit shop on the central market Rialto, next to the Grand Channel. Most scenes, the action of which occurs in the room, were shot at the Danieli Hotel, one of the most luxurious in the city, outgoing directly to the lagoon.
6. Great beauty
This film Paolo Sorrentino, bright and at the same time a sad picture of modern Rome, talks about Jepe Gambaredell's writer (Tony Servlo) disappointed, bored dandy, a fool of secular life. His sixty-fifth birthday and the loss of Eliza, his only great love, resurrect the memories of adolescence in the memory of Jepa and make you begin to start writing over the idea. In the most symbolic scene of the film, Jep lies in a hammock on the terrace - in front of him Colosseum, Vittoriano, and the dome of St. Peter's Cathedral can be seen. But in the frame appear and less well-known, but no less beautiful corners of Rome, such as the Aquave Park along the Appia Road, the Aqua Paola Fountain and Tempetto Bramte.
7. Da Vinci code, trilogy
In the trilogy "Code of Da Vinci", Italy Intrigue, secrets and literary reminiscence was derived on the scene. After the first chapter dedicated to Paris, in the "Angels and Demones", the effect of the trilogy is transferred to Rome, where Langdon (Tom Hanks), studying symbols, is trying to shed light on the anticleric sect of "Illuminati" opposing the Vatican. Important scenes of the film were removed on St. Peter's Square, in Pantheon, in Kijja Capella in the Church of Santa Maria del Popolo (where the central sculpture of Bernini is central for the film) and in the Castle of the Holy Angel. The action of the film "Inferno", on the contrary, occurs in Florence, where Langdon tries not to give a crazy, inspired by the "hell" of Dante, unleash a pandemic. In many frames, we see Palazzo Vecchio, as well as Boboli's gardens, from where the main characters run to the Vazari corridor.