RELEASED IN 2013, PAOLO SORRENTINO'S FILM IS AN ODE TO ROME AND LIFE ITSELF. A STORY OF AWAKENING IS TOLD THROUGH THE EYES OF JEP GAMBARDELLA, AN AGEING WRITER TIRED OF ROME'S NIGHTLIFE AND ELITE SOCIAL CIRCLES. IT IS A LOVE LETTER TO THE MAGNIFICENT CITY THAT IS ROME, IN ALL OF ITS TIMELESS GLORY, AND A CELEBRATION OF THE EXTREME AND ABSURD BEAUTY THAT SURROUNDS US.