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 .. Read more
| Starring | Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou |
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| Director | Luchino Visconti |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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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 3 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.
| Starring | Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou, Roger Hanin, Paolo Stoppa, Suzy Delair, Claudia Cardinale, Renato Salvatori Annie Girardot Katina Paxinou Alessandra Panaro Spiros Focas Max Cartier, Alessandra Panaro, Spiros Focas, Max Cartier, Corrado Pani, Rocco Vidolazzi |
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| Director | Luchino Visconti |
| Studio | C'EST LA VIE |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 52 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Italian |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 22 Apr 2001 Production year: 1960 |
| Format | DVD |
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Neorealism meets soap-style melodrama in this episodic family saga. A grimly naturalistic subject — peasant family from southern Italy moves to the corrupting urban jungle of Milan — gets the grand operatic treatment from Luchino Visconti whose initial restraint should have been maintained throughout. Instead, he goes for empty flourishes of over-the-top despair with which Alain Delon, as the self-sacrificing Rocco, seems somewhat uncomfortable. A long haul at nearly three hours, but worth seeing for Renato Salvatori as the brutish elder brother and the accomplished black-and-white photography of Giuseppe Rotunno.
The last gasp of the neo-realist spirit in Visconti's work, Rocco chronicles at length the misfortunes that befall an... read more on Time Out
Alain Delon, undoubtedly handsome but not the most elastic of actors, sets a bit of a template for Visconti leading men.(C.F.-dreadful Helmut Berger in The Damned)Striking scenes and visuals in this moving tale of a poor southern Italian family's downward spiral in northern Milan. Boxing scenes and the main plot of two brothers obsession with the same woman play out in a compelling fashion. Nevertheless, having now viewed 4 Visconti films(Death In Venice & The Leopard with Burt Lancaster are the best)he is nowhere near as good as other old Italian masters Rosselini,De Sica & Fellini
Alain Delon, undoubtedly handsome but not the most elastic of actors, sets a bit of a template for Visconti leading men.(C.F.-dreadful Helmut Berger in The Damned)Striking scenes and visuals in this moving tale of a poor southern Italian family's downward spiral in northern Milan. Boxing scenes and the main plot of two brothers obsession with the same woman play out in a compelling fashion. Nevertheless, having now viewed 4 Visconti films(Death In Venice & The Leopard with Burt Lancaster are the best)he is nowhere near as good as other old Italian masters Rosselini,De Sica & Fellini