Life and work
Paolo Sorrentino is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born: 31 May 1970. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: Italy.
Director · Writer/Creator · 1970–
Paolo Sorrentino
Paolo Sorrentino is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born on 31 May 1970, this profile follows Paolo Sorrentino through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Great Beauty (2013). The location trail reaches Spanish Steps, Villa Borghese and Alcazar, with existing stories in Rome. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
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The Great Beauty · Spanish Steps
Paolo Sorrentino is credited as director and writer on The Great Beauty. The work’s existing location story leads to Spanish Steps. Spanish Steps is included for city orientation. The available citation supports The Great Beauty’s broader Rome connection, but does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
The Great Beauty — credits ↗︎Editorial source — The Great Beauty ↗︎
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 5 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Spanish Steps ↗︎
The Great Beauty — Spanish Steps
Spanish Steps is included for city orientation. The available citation supports The Great Beauty’s broader Rome connection, but does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Piazza di Spagna, 00187 Roma RM
Open street map ↗︎Villa Borghese ↗︎
The Great Beauty — Villa Borghese
Villa Borghese is included for city orientation. The available citation supports The Great Beauty’s broader Rome connection, but does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Piazzale Scipione Borghese 5, Roma
Open street map ↗︎Alcazar ↗︎
The Great Beauty — Alcazar
Alcazar is included as verified cinema context for exploring The Great Beauty. It is not presented as a filming or performance claim unless the cited editorial source states one.
Alcazar, rome
Open street map ↗︎Alhambra ↗︎
The Great Beauty — Alhambra
Alhambra is included as verified cinema context for exploring The Great Beauty. It is not presented as a filming or performance claim unless the cited editorial source states one.
4/6 Via Pier delle Vigne Roma
Open street map ↗︎Ambasciatori ↗︎
The Great Beauty — Ambasciatori
Ambasciatori is included as verified cinema context for exploring The Great Beauty. It is not presented as a filming or performance claim unless the cited editorial source states one.
101 Via Montebello Roma
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1970-05-31
Born 31 May 1970
Explore a shared connection.
WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
The Great Beauty ↗︎
The Great Beauty
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Rome ↗︎
Cinema, fountains, studios and midnight streets. Follow the city where antiquity and modern image-making share the frame.
The Great Beauty ↗︎
Sorrentino turns palaces, terraces, aqueducts and after-hours streets into a portrait of beauty shadowed by exhaustion.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.
Sabrina Ferilli ↗︎
Sabrina Ferilli is an Italian actress. Born on 28 June 1964, this profile follows Sabrina Ferilli through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Great Beauty (2013). The location trail reaches Spanish Steps, Villa Borghese and Alcazar, with existing stories in Rome. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Toni Servillo ↗︎
Toni Servillo is an Italian actor. Born on 25 January 1959, this profile follows Toni Servillo through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Great Beauty (2013). The location trail reaches Spanish Steps, Villa Borghese and Alcazar, with existing stories in Rome. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Carlo Verdone ↗︎
Carlo Verdone is an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. Born on 17 November 1950, this profile follows Carlo Verdone through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Great Beauty (2013). The location trail reaches Spanish Steps, Villa Borghese and Alcazar, with existing stories in Rome. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.