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Based on a novel by Gabriele d'Annunzio, The Innocent (L'Innocente) is set amongst the aristocracy of 19th-century Italy. Wealthy Tullio (Giancarlo Giannini) thinks nothing of squiring his mistress (Jennifer O'Neill) in full view of his friends and the public. But when Giannini's cast-off wife (Laura Antonelli) begins an affair .. Read more

Starring	Jennifer O'Neill, Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli
Director	Luchino Visconti
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- After several misguided projects, Visconti's last film returns to the territory he knew best, and forms a worthy finale... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:17
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- - 5
  - 1
  Gorgeous, sumpteous melodrama
  
  This was Visconti's last film and he died before its release in 1976. An exraordinary film it shows Visconti at the height of his powers and equal credit ... read more »
  
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  - Zamy
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  - 16 May 2005 at 12:32
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  Superb, intense and subtle
  
  I found this a completely gripping and absorbing film - one that really had me almost shouting at the characters or getting out of my chair to try to stop ... read more »
  
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  - erp
  - 32 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 06 May 2012 at 10:28
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  Women in Visconti's last Film ...
  
  Interesting that this was Visconti's last film at the age of 69. Apart from obvious themes of infidelity and jealousy, it also looks at atheism as a ... read more »
  
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- - Katya1
  - 14 reviews
  - 07 Oct 2011 at 07:48
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  Textbook Dramatic Irony
  
  This film produces strong dramatic continuity with barely a raised voice, so effectively understated is the subject treated with largely expression, silence and... read more »
  
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- - Seedyvee
  - 135 reviews
  - Grantham
  - 10 Apr 2011 at 21:00
- - 1
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  L'Innocente by Lucino Visconti
  
  I have seen three Visconte films - Death in Venice, The Leopard, and this one. His films combine an amazing stateliness of pace with an intensity of emotion ... read more »
  
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  - N19
  - 03 Feb 2011 at 23:21
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  Lavish historical drama
  
  A good film by Visconti about infidelity and the double standards which existed for men and women at the end of the nineteenth century. Some fine performances ... read more »
  
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  - Billericay
  - 27 Mar 2010 at 16:37
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  L'innocente
  
  You can be sure with Visconti you will get style. This film has a mannered style and holds your attention because the plot outcome is not apparent until near ... read more »
  
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- - Proactive
  - 24 reviews
  - London
  - 24 Apr 2008 at 16:24
- - 1
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  I ADORED this film.
  
  I ADORED this film. It's so intense, so good, so luscious, so sensuous, so cruel, so human, so GOOD! Some films are intemporal, watch it! The scenarios are ... read more »
  
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  - Bermondsey, London
  - 05 Mar 2007 at 09:12
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  Restrained and elegant
  
  Directed from a wheelchair in his last months, Visconti's final film, although it looks as ravishing as most of his most famous works, is not quite typical... read more »
  
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- - Savage
  - 632 reviews
  - London, England
  - 01 Dec 2006 at 08:07
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  Ravishing and Powerful.
  
  Typical Visconti, every picture is a rich and ravishing old oil-painting. The music is lush orchestral and melodious but switches to the avante garde music of ... read more »
  
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  - 31 Oct 2006 at 11:58
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  But it's not that simple...
  
  At the outset of this Italian drama a married man leaves his wife for his lover - so far, so run-of-the-mill. However, it becomes clear that this is part of an... read more »
  
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- - toughie
  - Aberdeenshire
  - 26 Nov 2005 at 11:58
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- - 5
  - 1
  Gorgeous, sumpteous melodrama
  
  This was Visconti's last film and he died before its release in 1976. An exraordinary film it shows Visconti at the height of his powers and equal credit ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 103721
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Zamy
  - 552 reviews
  - London
  - 16 May 2005 at 12:32
- - 3
  - 1
  good italian practice
  
  Claustrophobic film leaving you annoyed with the pomposity of the husband and the martyrdom of the wife. Transparent moral lessons about jealousy and infidelity... read more »
  
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- - Gerry
  - Swindon
  - 14 Nov 2004 at 14:48
- - 1
  - 0
  Well worth watching
  
  The style of the film can make it look like a clich?d romantic period drama. However there is a lot more to it than that. The destructive male chauvinism of the... read more »
  
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  - Loughborough
  - 26 Jun 2005 at 12:15
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  Codes of Honour
  
  This is an elegant film in which beautiful scenery, costumes and settings along with exquisite music on the soundtrack create a lush atmosphere within which the... read more »
  
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  - FrankIV
  - 423 reviews
  - Cirencester, England
  - 15 Apr 2005 at 11:09
- - 1
  - 0
  Ravishing and Powerful.
  
  Typical Visconti, every picture is a rich and ravishing old oil-painting. The music is lush orchestral and melodious but switches to the avante garde music of ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 379564
- - A classical actor
  - deep in the luscious green hills of stunning Mid Wales.
  - 31 Oct 2006 at 11:58
- - 1
  - 0
  I ADORED this film.
  
  I ADORED this film. It's so intense, so good, so luscious, so sensuous, so cruel, so human, so GOOD! Some films are intemporal, watch it! The scenarios are ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 417122
- - a customer
  - Bermondsey, London
  - 05 Mar 2007 at 09:12
- - 1
  - 0
  L'Innocente by Lucino Visconti
  
  I have seen three Visconte films - Death in Venice, The Leopard, and this one. His films combine an amazing stateliness of pace with an intensity of emotion ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 960475
- - a customer
  - N19
  - 03 Feb 2011 at 23:21
- - 0
  - 0
  Depends what you want.
  
  This is a beautifully-made film about completely worthless people driven by greed, lust and sloppiness.
  
  Like all Visconti films, visually immaculate... read more »
  
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- - berild1
  - Oxon
  - 02 Mar 2005 at 16:08
- - 0
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  But it's not that simple...
  
  At the outset of this Italian drama a married man leaves his wife for his lover - so far, so run-of-the-mill. However, it becomes clear that this is part of an... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 353476
- - toughie
  - Aberdeenshire
  - 26 Nov 2005 at 11:58
- - 0
  - 0
  Restrained and elegant
  
  Directed from a wheelchair in his last months, Visconti's final film, although it looks as ravishing as most of his most famous works, is not quite typical... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 390743
- - Savage
  - 632 reviews
  - London, England
  - 01 Dec 2006 at 08:07

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- After several misguided projects, Visconti's last film returns to the territory he knew best, and forms a worthy finale... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:17

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  Based on a novel by Gabriele d'Annunzio, The Innocent (L'Innocente) is set amongst the aristocracy of 19th-century Italy. Wealthy Tullio (Giancarlo Giannini) thinks nothing of squiring his mistress (Jennifer O'Neill) in full view of his friends and the public. But when Giannini's cast-off wife (...