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Variety Lights

1950 · 1h 33m · NOT RATED Comedy, Drama
Directed by Federico Fellini , Alberto Lattuada

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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.

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The cognoscenti will recognize touches that have turned up in eight Fellini features that followed this one.

A.H. Weiler, New York Times

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