Plot summary :
The story, set in ’50s Hollywood, focuses on Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), a silent-screen goddess whose pathetic belief in her own indestructibility has turned her into a demented recluse. The crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion where she lives with only her butler, Max (Erich von Stroheim) who was once her director and husband has become her self-contained world. Norma dreams of a comeback to pictures and she begins a relationship with Joe Gillis (William Holden), a small-time writer who becomes her lover, that will soon end with murder and total madness…

Movie info :
User rating: 8.7/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 13 nominations

Cast overview :
William Holden
Gloria Swanson
Erich von Stroheim
Nancy Olson
Fred Clark

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043014/

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