1927年，乔治·瓦伦丁是默片的最佳男主角。每次他在舞台上，都会逗得观众捧腹大笑。爱犬是他的黄金配角，其他女演员只有靠边站的份。一次，面对媒体采访，他无意中邂逅了一位表现欲超强的女子佩皮·米勒，尽管后者抢镜出风头，但是他还是儒雅以待。不过，这则头条新闻却压过了他的新戏，老板极为不满，老婆也醋性大发。后来，佩皮闯荡好莱坞，恰好与乔治重逢，这令他心神不宁，演戏频频NG。后来，与老板闹僵的乔治，决定自立门户，自编自导自演。与此同时，佩皮却借助有声电影的契机迅速蹿红，成为了首屈一指的明星。最终，他的默片与她的有声片档期撞车，一场在新与旧、情感与票房的争夺战拉开序幕……

1927年，乔治·瓦伦丁是默片的最佳男主角。每次他在舞台上，都会逗得观众捧腹大笑。爱犬是他的黄金配角，其他女演员只有靠边站的份。一次，面对媒体采访，他无意中邂逅了一位表现欲超强的女子佩皮·米勒，尽管后者抢镜出风头，但是他还是儒雅以待。不过，这则头条新闻却压过了他的新戏，老板极为不满，老婆也醋性大发。后来，佩皮闯荡好莱坞，恰好与乔治重逢，这令他心神不宁，演戏频频NG。后来，与老板闹僵的乔治，决定自立门户，自编自导自演。与此同时，佩皮却借助有声电影的契机迅速蹿红，成为了首屈一指的明星。最终，他的默片与她的有声片档期撞车，一场在新与旧、情感与票房的争夺战拉开序幕……

Alex is a shy accountant living in London. He is reluctant to step out of his comfort zone, but when he falls in love with an adorable French artist named Penelope, he pretends to be a talented artist himself; and now he needs to win a Modern Art contest to prove it.

Alex is a shy accountant living in London. He is reluctant to step out of his comfort zone, but when he falls in love with an adorable French artist named Penelope, he pretends to be a talented artist himself; and now he needs to win a Modern Art contest to prove it.

如果说《想当年》是费里尼对少年时代的回忆，《八部半》是对他中年创作危机的记载，《罗马》是对他所爱的城市的礼赞，那么本片就是他对Cinecitta电影厂的颂歌。 　　影片将回忆、嘲讽、自省、幻想等元素融合在一起，让我们见识了镜头前后的各种人物。影片高潮是《甜蜜的生活》的重映把片中主角重新聚集一堂，颇有一点大师主掌央视《同一首歌》的味道。 　　第40届戛纳电影节(1987)　 40周年奖　 费德里科·费里尼 　　第13届凯撒奖(1988)　 凯撒奖-最佳外国电影(提名)　 费德里科·费里尼

如果说《想当年》是费里尼对少年时代的回忆，《八部半》是对他中年创作危机的记载，《罗马》是对他所爱的城市的礼赞，那么本片就是他对Cinecitta电影厂的颂歌。 　　影片将回忆、嘲讽、自省、幻想等元素融合在一起，让我们见识了镜头前后的各种人物。影片高潮是《甜蜜的生活》的重映把片中主角重新聚集一堂，颇有一点大师主掌央视《同一首歌》的味道。 　　第40届戛纳电影节(1987)　 40周年奖　 费德里科·费里尼 　　第13届凯撒奖(1988)　 凯撒奖-最佳外国电影(提名)　 费德里科·费里尼

A dawn to dusk account of a young man in search of a job. This is his day of an interview in a swell Indo-British firm where, logically, he has to look his best. His only suit, a complete one, is in the laundry, and as luck would have it, all city laundries are on strike from that morning. The film is an intense search for a new suit to be borrowed from any of his friends, the loss of a good one procured that way, again a frantic search, and finally the interview-all erratic blending of fictional narrative, news reel coverage and near-cinema-verity type documentation. The film ends with a strange interview between the dejected young man and an unseen spectator who has watched him since the film started. And at last the film arrives at a moment of judgment -- that of the value-world.

A dawn to dusk account of a young man in search of a job. This is his day of an interview in a swell Indo-British firm where, logically, he has to look his best. His only suit, a complete one, is in the laundry, and as luck would have it, all city laundries are on strike from that morning. The film is an intense search for a new suit to be borrowed from any of his friends, the loss of a good one procured that way, again a frantic search, and finally the interview-all erratic blending of fictional narrative, news reel coverage and near-cinema-verity type documentation. The film ends with a strange interview between the dejected young man and an unseen spectator who has watched him since the film started. And at last the film arrives at a moment of judgment -- that of the value-world.