La Dolce Vita La Dolce Vita La Dolce Vita (; Italian for "the sweet life" or "the good life") is a 1960 Italian drama film directed and co-written by Federico Fellini. The film follows Marcello Rubini (Marcello Mastroianni), a journalist writing for gossip magazines, over seven days and nights on his journey through the "sweet life" of Rome in a fruitless search for love and happiness. "La Dolce Vita" won the "Palme d'Or" (Golden Palm) at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and the Oscar for Best Costumes. The film was a massive box office hit in Europe with 13,617,148 admissions in Italy and
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 Finland was represented by Anneli Saaristo, with the song '"La dolce vita", at the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 6 May in Lausanne, Switzerland. "La dolce vita" was chosen as the Finnish entry at the national final organised by broadcaster Yle and held on 4 February. The final was held at the Kultturitalo in Helsinki, hosted by Tarja Koskela. Ten songs took part with the winner chosen by an "expert" jury. Other participants included former Finnish representatives Kirka (1984) and Sonja Lumme (1985). On the night of the final Saaristo