Actors Marcello Mastroianni (L) and Anita Ekberg perform a scene in the epic film "La Dolce Vita" by director Federico Fellini at Cinecitta Studios in Rome in 1959. Fellini's classic film "La Dolce Vita" is approaching the half-century mark and the director's hometown is pulling out the stops to give it a Felliniesque two-year-long international birthday bash. Reuters Pictures 12 months ago

Actors Marcello Mastroianni (L) and Anita Ekberg perform a scene in the epic film "La Dolce Vita" by director Federico Fellini at Cinecitta Studios in Rome in 1959. Fellini's classic film "La Dolce Vita" is approaching the half-century mark and the director's hometown is pulling out the stops to give it a Felliniesque two-year-long international birthday bash.