Review of Rocco and His Brothers (1960) by Adrian B — 30 May 2012
Excellent Luschino Visconti movie about young man named Rocco (Alain Deloin), his three brothers, and mother (Katina Paxinou) who move from the countryside to the city after the father passes away. Another brother (Spiros Focas) just becomes engaged to an attractive woman (Claudia Cardinale) and helps his siblings and mother get an apartment, rather than stay with him in his cramped place.
He even assists on them in getting jobs, but what really intrigues several of the brothers is boxing, particularly Rocco. This makes another one of the brothers, Simone (Renato Salvatori), quite jealous because he is also a boxer and it cause a stir between them.
To make matters worse, a prostitute (Annie Garardot), intervenes in the brothers' lives, which eventually leads to tragedy. The movie is told in episode like form, with five sections split among the five brothers.
Superbly shot and acted, with the set pieces making the movie almost real life to the viewer. One of the great films of Italy and another great film from 1960!
This review of Rocco and His Brothers (1960) was written by Adrian B on 30 May 2012.
Rocco and His Brothers has generally received very positive reviews.
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