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1960 Certificate 15
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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 .. Read more

Starring Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou
Director Luchino Visconti
Genres Drama, World Cinema

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Rocco And His Brothers

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
Director Luchino Visconti
Studio C'EST LA VIE
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 52 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama, World Cinema
Language DVD: Italian
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 22 Apr 2001
Production year: 1960
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Rocco And His Brothers (1960)

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    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.

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  • 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

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  • 23 out of 37 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Moving- great early Visconti

    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

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    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    realism meets melodrama

    This film is a rather uneasy mix of Italian neo-realism and over-wrought melodrama. It has the theme, common in much of Visconti's work of people struggling to cope with change. In this case a rural family of a mother and five sons move to Milan from the impoverished south. It's strengths lie in the superb camerawork, Visconti's usual attention to detail and the performances of Renato Salvatore as Simone and the actress playing the love interest. The problem lies in the melodrama surrounding Rocco (rather colourless acting fron Alain Delon) and Simone's struggle to possess the same women which sits uneasily with the film's realistic take on the problems of a family adjusting to life in Milan. I was fascinated throughout by this urban jungle of a city around 1960 and Copolla and Scorcese clearly owe a great debt to Visconti in their own development as film-makers. Definitly worth a look if you admire the work of these three directors.

      • Zamy from London
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