La Dolce Vita gets a face lift at 50

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A newly restored version of Fellini’s classic film, La Dolce Vita, has just been screened at the Rome Film Festival. Reporter Nancy Greenleese looks at the way the movie portrays the city of Rome that existed 50 years ago, and to some extent, still does today.

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