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Anna Magnani – The Untold Story

Anna Magnani – The Untold Story

2025 · 110 min · ★ 4.7 · Drama

On March 21, 1956, Anna Magnani wins the Academy Award for Best Actress. She spends the night waiting for the news wandering the streets of Rome. However, an unpredictable turn of fate pushes her aside at the moment of her greatest splendor, showing her human side and the world that surrounds her. Above everything is Roberto Rossellini, "an imprint in the heart that lives on even when time has erased everything else."

Directed by Monica Guerritore · Written by Monica Guerritore

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