ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (ROCCO E I SUOI FRATELLI) BY LUCHINO VISCONTI

The film presents you a story of a rural Italian family. The film weaves a story about Vincenzo, Simone, Rocco, Ciro and Luca as they struggle to adapt life in a large city. Simone and Rocco are both drawn towards a prostitute Nadia. The pivotal scene in this movie is where Nadia is raped by Simone in front of Rocco. The film ends without any substantive resolution. Only clouds of sorrow and pathos hang over the family.

Key casts of Rocco and His Brothers are Alain Delon as Rocco Parondi, Renato Salvatori as Simone Parondi, Annie Girardot as Nadia.

10 Reasons you should watch Rocco and His Brothers:

1. The film is a powerful neorealist melodrama.
2. The characters of the movie make the film alive.
3. There is a strong and surging drama of an Italian peasant family's shattering fate in the face of the brutalizing forces.
4. Visconti's greatest achievement lies in Rocco and His Brothers where he mixes realism and melodrama.
5. Luchino Visconti's masterpiece film.
6. Rocco and His brothers have won a number of awards.
7. The top neorealist film is also one of the top Italian language movies.
8. The film can be ranked under top 100 foreign films.
9. The film is a must watch for all the film lovers.
10. The plot is tragic and heart piercing.

I also recommend you to watch these two movies:

The Leopard - The chronicle of the decline of an aristocratic family under heavy weight of political change shows some of the most riveting set pieces ever captured on film.

White Nights - Here a man looking for companionship and a woman waiting for her sinful lover cross paths on a bridge. They never expect to welcome each other with a hello. But before the sun rises, their destinies, will transform them from strangers to lovers.

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Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (2 November 1906 - 17 March 1976) was an Italian theatre, opera, and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard (1963) and Death in Venice (1971).

There is a museum dedicated to the director's work in Ischia.

* Ossessione, 1943
* Giorni di Gloria, documentary, 1945
* La Terra trema, 1948
* Appunti su un fatto di cronaca, short film, 1951
* Bellissima, 1951
* Siamo donne (We, the Women), 1953
* Senso (Livia), 1954
* Le notti bianche (White Nights), 1957
* Rocco e i suoi fratelli (Rocco and His Brothers), 1960
* Boccaccio '70, 1961
* The Leopard (Il Gattopardo), 1963
* Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa, 1965
* The Stranger (Lo straniero), 1967
* Le streghe (The Witches), 1967
* La caduta degli dei (The Damned (film)), 1969
* Alla ricerca di Tadzio, TV movie, 1970
* Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia), 1971
* Ludwig, 1972
* Conversation Piece, 1974
* L'innocente (The Innocent), 1976

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