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Which character did Marcello Mastroianni play in La dolce vita?
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Federico Fellini, 1965.
In the 1960 film La dolce vita, directed by Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni played the character Marcello Rubino.12
Rubino is depicted as a world-weary, disillusioned journalist and gossip writer who struggles with the shallowness of his profession and the decadence of modern life.12