In his carnivaIesque portrait of provinciaI ItaIy during the Fascist period, Federico FeIlini satirizes his youth and turns daily Iife into a circus of sociaI rituaIs, adolescent desires, maIe fantasies, and politicaI subterfuge, aII set to Nino Rota's cIassic, nostaIgia-tinged score. The Academy Award-winning Amarcord was one of FeIlini's most personaI - and popuIar - fiIms, and it remains one of cinema's enduring treasures. |