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Movie Description
Acclaimed director Luchino Visconti's (DEATH IN VENICE) powerful epic is one of the most internationally adored Italian films in history. The story of a poor family torn apart by lust and greed, ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS stars the gorgeous French actor Alain Delon as Rocco, a soft-spoken, idealistic young man who must deal with turmoil and competition when he and his three brothers set out to Milan in an attempt to make a fortune. The recipient of several prestigious awards, Visconti's drama is a highly affecting story of passion, greed, and family.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 0
Snap Case
Widescreen - 1.66
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - Italian
Industry Reviews
"...Run, don't lope or jog, to [ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS]....ROCCO looks better than ever..."
New York Times - p.12 - Vincent Canby (09/21/1991)
"...[The film] finds a cinematic giant in a naturalistic mode....A real movie..."
USA Today - Mike Clark (06/01/1990)
"...Combining the attention to social detail of the neo-realists with the kind of heightened melodrama you might expect in classical tragedy....The film works on every level..."
Sight and Sound - Geoffrey Macnab (08/01/2002)
4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] meaty monochrome feast....From grey neo-realism to bells-and-whistles melodrama. Intense."
Uncut - Chris Roberts (04/01/2008)
4 stars out of 5 -- "Annie Giradot gives the film's standout performance, vulnerable beneath her streetsmart carapace."
Total Film - Philip Kemp (05/01/2008)
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