In Federico Fellini’s whimsical and vibrant debut, codirected with Alberto Lattuada, a burlesque troupe manager (Peppino De Filippo) falls for an ingénue entertainer and leaves his wife (Fellini’s real-life wife, Guilietta Masina, from La strada and Nights of Cabiria). Variety Lights is a dizzying, carnivalesque look at infidelity and showbiz from two of Italian cinema’s greatest comic social critics.