An appropriate moment to present a 50th anniversary screening of the Fellini classic co-written by Tullio Pinelli. Rarely has a film depicted such decadence, immorality and sophistication within a series of satiric panoramas in the heart of Rome.

Marcello Rubini is a frustrated writer who is reduced to tabloid journalism in order to make ends meet. He spends every evening in the Via Veneto – the venerable hotspot for people who want to be seen. Soon the empty evenings weave together into decadent rhythm, punctuated only by the following morning’s regret. A series of disparate episodes skilfully sewn together, La dolce vita remains one of Fellini’s most immediately recognisable films, and a fascinating insight of Rome’s ‘sweet life’.