Roma

Federico Fellini's Roma is an impressionistic portrait of the Italian capital, told less as a straightforward story than as a series of loosely connected episodes. Drawing on the director's own memories, the film follows a young Fellini, played by Peter Gonzales Falcon, as he arrives in Rome from Rimini in the 1930s and encounters a city of noise, movement and excess. The narrative moves between the past and the present, taking in crowded streets and traffic, the excavations for a new subway, brothels and nightlife, and a church fashion display at the Vatican. Reality and fantasy blend throughout, with the city itself as the central presence.

The screenplay was written by Fellini with Bernardino Zapponi, and Turi Vasile produced. The large credited cast includes Fiona Florence, Pia De Doses, Marne Maitland, Renato Giovannoli and Elisa Mainardi. The film was released in March 1972 and runs 120 minutes. It is the sixteenth of the twenty features Fellini directed, arriving between The Clowns and Amarcord.

Audience response has been favourable: on TMDB it holds a rating of 7.3 out of 10 from 375 votes. Film critics were more measured, with a critics' rating of 6.6 out of 10 from 19 reviews, placing the professional consensus below the general audience score.