Paramount+

Based on the story of Italian journalist and writer Oriana Fallaci, who started her career with cinema and lifestyle columns and ended up becoming the most influential and controversial female journalist of the 20th century.

Set between 1956 and 1959, and flitting between Milan, New York, Los Angeles, Rome, London and Florence, the film follows Oriana Fallaci, a young correspondent from Europe who’s intelligent, brilliant, controversial and intolerant of the dynamics of an editorial team composed solely of men who get to focus on politics while she’s relegated to the role of “film girl”. Through dogged determination, Oriana wrangles a trip to New York with the promise of securing an interview with the most sought after and unreachable of stars, Marilyn Monroe.

Oriana Fallaci, the Italian journalist who is noted for her provocative interviews, interviews the leader of the Islamic Revolution, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, on Sept 12, 1979. For 10 days Oriana Fallaci waited in the holy city of Qum for her interview with the 79 year old Ayatollah, who is the de facto ruler of Iran. On Sept. 12, she was led into the Faizeyah religious school, where Khomeini holds his audiences. She was accompanied by two Iranians Nyho and Iran prime minster Banisadr who had helped set up the interview and who served as translators. Oriana Fallaci, barefoot, enveloped in a chador, the head to toe veil of the Moslem woman, was seated on a carpet, when the Ayatollah entered, and the recorded interview could begin.

电影《繁华世纪》改编自义大利女记者、作家奥里亚娜法拉奇（Oriana Fallaci）的传奇故事，剧情透过一名新闻新鲜人丽莎的眼睛，以新世代观点，直视并质疑法拉奇犀利争议的采访方式与狂野不羁的 极致人生。这位出身游击队，后来摇身为叱咤风云的女记者，传奇一生都与世纪大事紧紧相扣。她因为亲上火线，将战火实况、革命真相公诸于世，甚至亲访过季辛吉、甘地、邓小平、阿拉法特等30多位世界级领袖，被誉为「直视历史的伟大记者」。 与世纪人物的访谈，常是智力的较量。法拉奇思维敏捷，尤擅「海盗式」提问，为后辈留下堪称典范的采访艺术。她曾天外飞来一句「祝你生日快乐」，成功解开邓小平对她的心防；也曾让南越总理阮文绍落入提问圈套，间接承认他藏在瑞士银行的「海角七兆」。最猛的是，她的专访还使美国前总统尼克森，认清了国务卿季辛吉的狡猾越权。法拉奇最为世人津津乐道的是，有次她专访伊朗狂人领袖何梅尼，竟当他面前摘掉黑头纱以示抗议，惊人胆识连男性都自叹弗如。但身为女人的她，却因为和希腊反抗英雄帕纳古利斯（Alexandros Panagoulis）的轰烈爱情而遍体麟伤，甚至为他怀孕，陷入了作为战地记者和母亲双重身分的矛盾与挣扎…。 特立独行的法拉奇，年轻时曾发誓，既不结婚也不生孩子，她虽做到了，却也让她抱憾终生。电影《繁华世纪》邀请到义大利影后薇多莉亚普契尼（Vittoria Puccini），来饰演这位传奇女记者，除重现她撼动人心的采访历程，也演出她终未能成为一名母亲的遗憾…。作为记者，她的精彩成就足以笑傲同业；但作为一个女人，她是否也同样满意自己的人生和选择？电影《繁华世纪》给了极坦率直白的答案。