Jep Gambadella (Toni Servillo) is a socialite who lives off the fame and fortune brought to him by his early success as a writer in his plush Roman apartment. He spends most of his nghts either attending luxurious parties or dining with his friends.
Paolo Sorrentino has crafted a film that is excellent in its ambiguity. There are questions and emotions that are raised by Jep that are left open ended for the audience to interpret and contemplate in their own time. Most of these questions have to do with relationships, spirituality and the overall meaning of life.
Toni Servillo is fantastic as Jep, a character who is funny and also contradictory, such as when he tells another character the rules for how to behave at a funeral and then immediately breaks said rules in front of that character. Servillo displays the sadness behind the hedonistic Jep with grace.
The cinematography is also a marvel. The film shows the beauty of Rome (indeed it is a great beauty) with such vibrance and the hedonistic parties are shot with amazing dazzling colours and angles that really capture the drunken lifestyles that are had by the revellers. It had such a great affect on me, that I now wish to attend such a party.
Verdict: A beautiful film that searches for the meaning of life in the high life of contemporary Rome.
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