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A New Documentary-Drama on the Making of 'La Dolce Vita'

One hundred years after his birth,  Federico Fellini  is more relevant than ever with new facts about his life and filmmaking still being uncovered. Towards the end of 1958,  Fellini went through a complicated professional period and found himself in a deep depression. Despite having already won two Oscars for "La Strada" and "Le Notti di Cabiria," which starred his wife and muse Giulietta Masina , he could not find a producer interested in his new project: a story he wrote along with colleagues Ennio Flaiano and Tullio Pinelli. The project was titled, "La Dolce Vita."  One producer, Giuseppe Amato, believed in the script and that's all it took to create the immortal masterpiece. Now, a new  documentary-drama sheds light on the iconic film that was almost never made.  Through  re-enactment, clips from the film, and archival images,  "The truth about La Dolce Vita" by Giuseppe Pedersoli  reveals the correspondence between Fellini and ...