Rocco and His Brothers
Visconti’s epic account of the destructive effects of big-city life.
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Emotional intensity is assured in Luchino Visconti’s powerful epic, which features a superb cast that includes Alain Delon and Renato Salvatori as brothers and Annie Giradot as the prostitute they fall in with.
Visconti's epic account of the destructive effects of big-city life on a family of Southern Italian peasants who move to Milan. With a superb cast that includes Alain Delon and Renato Salvatori as two of the brothers, Katina Paxinou as their mother, and Annie Girardot as the prostitute the sons fall in with, emotional intensity is assured, easing the film's steady shift from neo-realism to symbolic tragedy.
- Directed by:
- Luchino Visconti
- Country:
- Italy-France
- Year:
- 1960
- Running time:
- 180min
- Certificate:
- 15