Why did the Roman Catholic Church condemn La dolce vita?

The Roman Catholic Church condemned Federico Fellini’s 1960 film La dolce vita primarily due to its provocative content and thematic focus on moral decay.12

The film, which serves as an indictment of modern decadence, mass consumerism, and shallow high culture, frequently juxtaposed sacred imagery with profane or "shallow" scenes. A notable example that drew significant controversy was the opening sequence, which featured a helicopter transporting a statue of Christ over Rome while simultaneously showing a group of women in bikinis. Because of these sequences, which were perceived as mixing the sacred with the trivial, the Vatican joined other entities in condemning or banning the film.1