Analysis Of 'La Dolce Vita'

(2) The cynicism of Fellini toward religious shown in the first scene of La Dolce Vita on the transportation of statue of Christ for the cathedral in Vatican with helicopter contrasts with the scene of Marcello’s orgy party where Marcello is in two opposites of moral set. Marcelo makes love to Maddalena in a prostitute’s bedroom without hesitant and lives the life of an individual unbound by any set of rules.

The fraud of “miracle” performed by two siblings in a small city who claim meeting Madonna that harvests public sensation and creates religious hysteria. People from different places mass gathered to experience a phenomenon miracle, they blinded by the false hopes to be cured from illness or touched by a divine entity. People do silly things upon their faith without using their common sense and logic.

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Lidia ends up visiting the old places where she and Giovanni lived in their previous days. She misses the feeling when they used to be and deep sorrow and anguish overwhelm her. She watches the boys playing rockets, light them to the sky, squibbed beautifully and gone. She might feel the same allegory in her situation with Giovanni. She asks Giovanni to pick her up once he does that Lidia takes him to these places and reminiscing the old times. Giovanni’s heart gets cold and he shows nothing worth remembering of their time together in the past.

There is a party where Giovanni meets Valentina, a heiress of a millionaire, Mr. Gherardini. Valentina fascinates Giovanni and makes him neglecting Lidia alone. Giovanni makes a pass at Valentina, kissing her while Lidia watches from distance in desolation. Giovanni is so in love with Valentina and ignoring the fact that he still married with Lidia and Lidia comes to the party with him. Moreover, Mr. Gherardini offers Giovanni a prominent job in his company that makes him more opportunities to casually engage Valentina in the