Rocco and His Brothers
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| Directed by | Luchino Visconti |
| Produced by | Goffredo Lombardo |
| Written by | Luchino Visconti |
| Starring | Alain Delon Renato Salvatori Annie Girardot Katina Paxinou |
| Music by | Nino Rota |
| Release date(s) | September 6, 1960 |
| Running time | 177 min |
| Language | Italian |
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Rocco and His Brothers (Italian: Rocco e i suoi fratelli) is a 1960 film directed by Luchino Visconti.
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One of the great films of the 1960s and after, Rocco and His Brothers is this study of a rural Italian family led north to Milan by the matriarch (played by Greek-born actress Katina Paxinou). Presented in five distinct sections, the film weaves the story of Vincenzo, Simone, Rocco, Ciro and Luca as they struggle to adapt to life in a large, impersonal city. The plot revolves around the prostitute, Nadia (French actress Annie Girardot), who is pursued and desired by both Simone and Rocco. The pivotal scene in the film comes when Simone rapes Nadia in front of Rocco, who then gives her up to his brother out of a tragic, misplaced desire to do whatever it takes to keep his family whole. In typical fashion for a director known for helping build Italian neorealism, the film ends with no substantive resolution, but with clouds of doom hanging over the family. The film's score is by Nino Rota, who would later become well-known to American audiences because of his score for The Godfather.
