Italian filmmaker Paulo Sorrentino was overlooked at Cannes in 2013 for the Palme d’Or, but perhaps it didn't matter, as his sumptuous feature about excess and spiritual emptiness "The Great Beauty" won the won Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, as well as the Golden Globe. And like many foreign directors who get a good boost of global attention from the Oscars or an attention-grabbing festival win, for his follow-up effort, Sorrentino nabbed a bunch of Hollywood stars and made his second English-language effort (the first was “This Must Be the Place” with Sean Penn). Scooped up quick by Fox Searchlight— which probably speaks to its commercial appeal— Sorrentino’s latest film, “Youth,” centers on old men, aging and the ideas of obsolescence. Here's our review followed by the official synopsis:
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