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The Girl in the Fountain

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2021 · 80 min Documentary
6.7 / 10 · TMDB

Alternating archive footage of Anita Ekberg with the story of a quintessential diva as Monica Bellucci who is offered the chance to play Anita in a movie, digging through this woman’s story, she retraces her exceptional life, frailties and chooses, reflecting on what it feels like to be an icon. What key decisions a contemporary diva faces in order not to fall into oblivion?

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Year 2021
Country Italy, Sweden
Genre Documentary
Director Antongiulio Panizzi
Runtime 80 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.7/10 (3 votes)

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The director constructs a narrative on the delicate contrast between archival footage and contemporary reflection, using Bellucci as a living mirror for Ekberg. The film explores not so much a biography as the very phenomenon of the diva—her vulnerability, strength, and perpetual dialogue with oblivion.

What lingers after viewing is a quiet but persistent question about what we truly preserve in cultural memory. The film is a meditation on the architecture of fame and the personal cost of becoming an icon. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Antongiulio Panizzi

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