La peli has Ana stepping into Simonney's bar, and after a lengthy tale of lovers lost and passion dead, they recognize each other. The ending finds Simonney abandoning his camera and being forgiven by Ana. The movie pays homage to Federico Fellini to a great extent: several references are made to "La Dolce Vita" and "8½" throughout the film. The protagonist is a frustrated, veteran director with a style of his own that grows weary of fame and show business and seeks refuge in women (one of them in particular, Ana, perhaps a reference to Anita Ekberg from "La Dolce Vita"). Obsession
La Vita Nuova the film, and is based on the sonnet "A ciascun'alma presa", in chapter 3 of "La Vita Nuova". Several lines from "La Vita Nuova "are heard being read from a cassette player in a zoo by the head zoo keeper in the 1982 film "Cat People". The author Allegra Goodman wrote a short story entitled "La Vita Nuova", published in the May 3, 2010 issue of "The New Yorker", in which Dante's words (in English) are interspersed throughout the piece. The final mission in the 2008 game "Devil May Cry 4", where protagonist Nero rescues his love Kyrie from the