As the greatest success of the most popular Italian filmmaker of all time,*La Dolce Vita* offers a glimpse into the culture of stardom, with a protagonist in pursuit of the seductive lifestyle of the rich and glamorous celebrities who, at the height of the age of the spectacle, parade themselves around Rome. The onlooker of this worldly spectacle is called Marcello Rubini (Marcello Mastroianni) and, as a gossip columnist, he explores the fringes of the limelight.