Saturday, June 14, 2014

Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960)


Having recently been uprooted to Milan Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and one of his brothers.

Classic masterpiece melodrama of Italian neorealism of an epic dimension with superb performances and wonderful black-and-white photography, directed by Visconti with painful poignancy.

Halliwell**: "Massive portmanteau of realistic stories, a bit hard to take despite its undoubted brilliance."

Maltin***1/2: "Sweeping chronicle...Stunningly photographed..."


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