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Trevi Fountain
“You’re everything, Sylvia. You know that you’re everything? You’re the first woman of creation. You’re the mother, the sister, the lover, the friend… …the angel, the devil, the Earth, the home. That’s what you are: The home!”
Marcello Rubini (Marcello Mastroianni)
When the time came to stage the meeting of Marcello (Marcello Mastroianni) and Sylvia (Anita Ekberg) at the Trevi Fountain, Federico Fellini chose to move and shoot at night to avoid the tourists.
If Anita Ekberg claims that the director captured this very romantic sequence in January, other voices have since been raised to contradict her. According to them, Federico Fellini filmed this scene in March, during a whole week.
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In any case, everyone agrees that the water in the monument was ice cold. And if Anita Ekberg never complained, wading in the illustrious pool under the gaze of the statues, Marcello Mastroianni asked to wear a wetsuit under his suit.
It is also said that he used to get drunk just before the scenes to give himself courage. The kind of legend that contributed to the aura of this pure moment of cinema.
For the needs of the film, 80 sets were built by the teams of technicians.
Trevi Fountain
A masterpiece of Baroque art, the Trevi Fountain is considered one of the most romantic fountains in the world. It attracts millions of tourists every year.
The fountain was erected between 1732 and 1762 in the rione di Trevi, next to the Poli Palace. With a height of 26.3 meters, it was commissioned by Pope Clement XII to celebrate the Aqua Virgo aqueduct built in 19 BC. It has been restored several times in order to preserve its beauty, and every day visitors throw coins into its basin. A lucky tradition that allows the city of Rome to donate nearly one million euros per year to the Catholic charity Caritas. It appears in many films.
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