Rocco and His Brothers

Starring:Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou, Alessandra Panaro, Spiros FocÃ¡s, Max Cartier, Corrado Pani, Rocco Vidolazzi, Claudia Mori, Adriana Asti, Enzo Fiermonte, Nino Castelnuovo, Rosario Borelli, Renato Terra, Roger Hanin, Paolo Stoppa, Suzy Delair, Claudia Cardinale, Rocco Mazzola
Director: Luchino Visconti
Studio: Image Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

Description

In sweeping epic style, the prize-winning Rocco and His Brothers tells the story of four poor Italian brothers and their mother who leave their country home and move to bustling Milan with hopes of improving their bitter fortune. The family is thrown into chaos when two of the brothers are torn apart by their love for the same woman and their struggles to succeed in a viciously competitive world. French heartthrob Alain Delon is the gentle, idealistic Rocco, and Italian movie star Renato Salvatori is the undisciplined, savagely jealous Simone. Internationally renowned director Luchino Visconti (Senso, The Leopard, Death in Venice) combined keenly realistic observations and strong passions to create one of his most satisfying and deeply affecting films -restored and unedited!

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Rocco and His Brothers.......2007-06-28

A film of sizeable sweep and authenticity, "Rocco" is another near-masterpiece by Visconti. Though each Parondi brother is profiled, it's the emerging rivalry between Rocco and the mercurial Simone that drives the story forward. French actress Girardot would also achieve stardom playing Nadia, the woman of the streets who comes between them. Long but amply rewarding throughout.

What the Italian family is all about.......2006-12-29

(My copy is a Region 2, European version). A masterpiece by Italian director Lucino Visconti. Intense, emotional, realistic, passionate, dramatic story of an Italian family from the poor south (Lucania) who immigrates to the northern city of Napoli.

A 3-hour film that, alternatively, focuses on each one of the sons of the 'mamma'. If "Il Gattopardo" was the drama of the aristocratic Italian family from the south, this one corresponds to the poor family also from the south. Both are cinematic gems, worthy of being included among the best in film history. Although a long film, its intensity never diminishes. Every shot is full of emotion and meaningful and beautiful.

The only thing that disappointed me a little was the way it ended, the last half-hour. It's more of an open ending, no conclusion.

One of the most gorgeous films in b/w that I've seen. Italy to the bones.

Another jeweled film of Luchino Visconti!.......2005-08-31

If the Neo Realism was born with a forgotten film of 1934 named Tony directed by Jean Renoir, you can read frequently that Roberto Roselini has been designed as his Italian father. In these terms, if we assume the cycle initiates with Paisa (1945), Roma cittá apperta and Germania Anno Zero, Vittorio De Sica would follow the traces, many people tend to forget a hidden film of Visconti dated in 1943 -Ossesione- , and best known as "The postman always rings twice."
In this sense Visconti knocked the door before Roselini, and his brilliant career, during three decades until The innocent in 1976 that would constitute his Final Opus..
Rocco is a powerful, magisterial and still actualized film about the life and illusions of Rocco trying to bring back his family the lost dignity. Somehow the striking performance of Alain Delon in this movie meant for him his leap to fame, after his shining acting in Purple Noon 1959.
To talk about the art and influence of Luchino Visconti, his slender camera traveling and expressive close ups woul surpass the limits of this brief comment.
Go for this superb gem of the Italian Realism in those painful years of the Post War.

What movie did the other reviewers watch?.......2004-12-02

Luchino Visconti is a master of the epic, however, his epic style always takes place within a family and always leads downward towards an inevitable doom. His movies tends to remind us of the 'Godfather' but Visconti, dare I say, even gets closer to the marrow of the issues than Coppola does at his best (I am nevertheless, a big fan of 'the Godfather'). To Visconti the finest details of a film are of the utmost importance - you can watch a film like 'Rocco' or the 'Leopard' several times and still miss things. Visconti's cinema is one which reveals itself in every character, in every piece of furniture, in every moment.
'Rocco and his Brothers' is if not my favorite Italian film - certainly one of the top ten. To see the brilliant camera work of Giussepe Rotuno combined with Visconti at his peak is simply magnificent. The film itself is extremely radical in structure - slowly revealing itself - focusing sometimes on what appear to be small conversations - but everything is woven to make a perfect whole - wherein the seams are all neat - and though at times are barely hanging together - it always holds as if there is some greater purpose in mind. Visconti reveals much about both the family and their society. One could be bold and comment that the whole film is about fighting to survive (sometimes fighting one another). Life - sometimes- is like a boxing match but the match is sometimes not the one you choose to fight - you are thrown into it and some of the factors working for or against you are money, pride, love, and family.

Brilliant family drama.......2004-11-29

This movie shows as few the feeling of persons in extreme conflicts. The attitudes of each one are very richly portraied with the most notorious quality.

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Rocco and His Brothers
What the Italian family is all about
Another jeweled film of Luchino Visconti!
What movie did the other reviewers watch?
Brilliant family drama

Rocco and His Brothers [Region 2]
Starring: Alain Delon , Renato Salvatori , Annie Girardot , Katina Paxinou , and Alessandra Panaro
Director: Luchino Visconti
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00005B0P0

Customer Reviews:

Rocco and His Brothers.......2007-06-28

What the Italian family is all about.......2006-12-29

Another jeweled film of Luchino Visconti!.......2005-08-31

What movie did the other reviewers watch?.......2004-12-02

Brilliant family drama.......2004-11-29

This movie shows as few the feeling of persons in extreme conflicts. The attitudes of each one are very richly portraied with the most notorious quality.

Average customer rating:

Rocco and His Brothers
What the Italian family is all about
Another jeweled film of Luchino Visconti!
What movie did the other reviewers watch?
Brilliant family drama

General | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video

( R ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
Similar Items:

Ossessione
La Terra Trema (The Earth Trembles)
Open City
Bicycle Thieves (Criterion Collection)
L'Eclisse - Criterion Collection

ASIN: B00005UDXQ

Customer Reviews:

Rocco and His Brothers.......2007-06-28

What the Italian family is all about.......2006-12-29

Another jeweled film of Luchino Visconti!.......2005-08-31

What movie did the other reviewers watch?.......2004-12-02

Brilliant family drama.......2004-11-29

This movie shows as few the feeling of persons in extreme conflicts. The attitudes of each one are very richly portraied with the most notorious quality.

Rocco and His Brothers (Rocco e i suoi fratelli) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]

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Rocco and His Brothers (Rocco e i suoi fratelli) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
Director: Luchino Visconti
Manufacturer: Umbrella Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

Product Description

Australia released, PAL/Region 4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. Languages: o English (subtitles) o Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0) Synopsis: Italian master Luchino Visconti may have made his name as one of neorealism's forebears, but his greatest works are arguably the ones that came in the years after the movement's heyday. Fusing neorealist elements with grand gestures, Visconti created movies that were grim yet gorgeous, harshly realistic yet seductively lush. Rocco and His Brothers is a sterling representative of Visconti's singular artistry, a full-bodied melodrama that transforms the story of a provincial family that moves to the city into an epic tale of passion, jealousy, and betrayal. Split loosely into five chapters for each brother, the movie chronicles the life of the Parindo family, who move from rural southern Italy to Milan. As the title suggests, the movie spends much of its time with Rocco (Alain Delon), a saintly man with hopes of one day returning the family to their province. His demeanor contrasts with Simone's (Renato Salvatori), who goes from being the family's breadwinner to its ultimate shame. Painted with bold strokes and marked by inflamed passions, Rocco and His Brothers holds you in rapt attention despite its sprawling story. Visconti punctuates the Parondis' struggles with two harrowing scenes of ritualized violence that profoundly change the family and underscore the operatic determinism of Visconti's vision. The movie's visceral intensity is matched only by the elegance and intelligence of the mise-en-scne, with its fine compositions, graceful camera moves, and evocative black-and-white cinematography. A work of overpowering power and stark beauty, Rocco and His Brothers stands as a vivid masterpiece from one of cinema's great artists. Special Features: o Interactive Menu o Photo Gallery o Scene Access o Trailer(s)

Rocco And His Brothers [PAL, Region 2, Import - Great Britain]

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Rocco And His Brothers [PAL, Region 2, Import - Great Britain]

ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

Region 2, PAL (Europe, Japan, South Africa and the Middle East including Egypt).
Requires multi-region DVD player for the US.

ASIN: 8388797085

Product Description

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 nuptials to the beautiful Ginetta (Claudia Cardinale). Divided into chapters focused loosely on each brother, the movie chronicles the Parondis' struggle to get by, as the brothers take odd jobs and the family endures life in a cramped tenement. Much of the movie's second half deals largely with Simone and Rocco. The loutish Simone eventually finds success as a boxer, and the family soon moves to a better neighborhood. Meanwhile, Rocco gets drafted by the military, and becomes a successful boxer himself upon his return. Complications arise when Nadia (Annie Girardot), a prostitute, enters their lives. Simone falls in love with Nadia first; however, Rocco eventually becomes the object of her affection. Simone's obsession with Nadia and his rapidly deteriorating behavior ultimately threaten to bring the family to ruin, even as the saintly Rocco tries to save his brother. At the peak of Rocco's success, Simone commits a crime that cruelly dashes Rocco's hopes of keeping the family together.

Rocco E I Suoi Fratelli (Rocco and His Brothers) - PAL DVD

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Rocco E I Suoi Fratelli (Rocco and His Brothers) - PAL DVD

Manufacturer: Film Prestige
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

Product Description

This is very rare PAL DVD (EUROPEAN TV VIDEO STANDARD) also known Rocco et ses frères was officially released in Russia by studio "Film Prestige". DVD has two soundtracks: original ITALIAN and RUSSIAN (voice-over), it also has optional (removable) ENGLISH and RUSSIAN subtitles. CUSTOMERS FROM NORTH AMERICA and JAPAN: Please, make sure your DVD player supports PAL DVDS (Europe, Australia, and Asia) before bidding; otherwise you can watch PAL DVDS on computer with DVD-ROM.

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