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Rocco e i suoi fratelli (Rocco and His Brothers) (1960)

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Luchino Visconti's operatic masterpiece tells the story of the Parondis, a poor family from a village in southern Italy who come to Milan seeking a better life. Following the death of her husband, proud Rosaria (Katina Paxinou) picks up stakes and moves to the city with four of her sons: Simone (Renato Salvatori), Rocco (Alain Delon), Ciro (Max Cartier), and Luca (Rocco Vidolazzi). Awaiting them in Milan is her oldest son, Vincenzo (Spiros Focas), who himself is preoccupied with his impending

Unrated, 3 hr.

Drama, Art House & International, Classics

Directed By: Luchino Visconti

In Theaters: Sep 6, 1960 Wide

On DVD: May 24, 2005

Cast

Alain Delon
Rocco Parondi
Renato Salvatori
Simone Parondi
Annie Girardot
Nadia
Katina Paxinou
Rosaria Parondi
Roger Hanin
Morini
Claudia Cardinale
Ginetta
Rocco Vidolazzi
Luca Parondi
Max Cartier
Ciro Parondi
Spiros Foc�s
Vincenzo Parondi
Paolo Stoppa
Boxing Impresario
Adriana Asti
Laundry Worker
Suzy Delair
Luisa
Enzo Fiermonte
Claudia Mori
Laundrey Worker
Alessandra Panaro
Ciro's Fiancee
Corrado Pani
Ivo
Franca Valeri
Vedova

Critic Reviews for Rocco e i suoi fratelli (Rocco and His Brothers)

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There is in this strong and surging drama of an Italian peasant family's shattering fate in the face of the brutalizing forces of unfamiliar modern city life a kind of emotional fullness and revelation that one finds in the great tragedies of the Greeks.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

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Neither neo-realist nor particularly artsy, Rocco might make for a fat, satisfying beach-read of a movie if only it weren't so convinced of its own magnitude.

July 2, 2002 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Michael Atkinson

Village Voice

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A richly textured drama, resoundingly alive with characters.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

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Turgid, overwrought, yet still profoundly affecting.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Hal Hinson

Washington Post

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One of Visconti's and Italian cinema's masterpieces

June 15, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Powerful neorealist melodrama.

August 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Apesar de ser mais longo do que deveria e de se entregar ao melodrama ocasional, o filme praticamente se transforma em um �pico familiar e conta com performances en�rgicas e inesquec�veis (especialmente de Salvatori e Girardot).

October 13, 2003 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

Visconti returns to Milan, the city of his birth, in this story about the politics of class involved in the move to the big city of a family of impoverished southerners.

March 10, 2003 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle

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Nick Barbaro

Austin Chronicle

Visconti's greatest achievement is how he mixes realism and melodrama.

January 27, 2003 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Even with [Rocco's] undeniable excess, the climactic moments transcend style and are profoundly moving.

January 15, 2003 Full Review Source: culturevulture.net

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Arthur Lazere

culturevulture.net

I recommend a three and a half hour pit stop in 1950s Milan.

December 8, 2002 Full Review Source: Film Threat

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Angelina Sciolla

Film Threat

Beneath the neorealist fa�ade simmers an intensity that is far more lurid and operatic in nature.

August 20, 2002 Full Review Source: eye WEEKLY

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Jason Anderson

eye WEEKLY

A stirring and expansive family epic.

July 14, 2002 Full Review Source: MovieMartyr.com

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Jeremy Heilman

MovieMartyr.com

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Beautiful, brilliant, and brutal! A universal tale of man and his environment. This film can be viewed as a social commentary of Southern versus Northern Italy and five different adaptations to modernization. The five brothers are compared to the five fingers on a hand ~ joined, yet each posits alternatives to

April 7, 2008

Stefanie C

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the melodramatic tale of a close-knit family's move from the rural south to the big northern city of milan, where everything gets complicated. once again visconti managed to suck me into a 3 hour epic. the film has two things i generally enjoy, boxing and a young alain delon. delon is beautifully restrained right up

October 4, 2009