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Ossessione

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Ossessione
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NR,2hrs 15min
Genres:
Drama,Romance
Release:
1943
Director:
Luchino Visconti
Distributor:
Image Entertainment
Starring:
Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Juan de Landa  ...more
Synopsis: Often considered one of the first examples of Italian neorealism, Luchino Visconti's first film was this adaptation of James M. Cain's steamy novel The Postman Always Rings Twice, which would also be made twice in the U.S., first in 1946 with Lana Turner and John Garfield and then in 1981 with Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange. Massimo Girotti stars as a drifter named Gino, who gets a job at a provincial inn. The handsome wanderer attempts to resist the advances of Giovanna (Clara Calamai), the estranged ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review
Luchino Visconti's directorial debut presaged the postwar emergence of Italian neorealism, one of the most significant film movements of the 20th century. Transposing James M. Cain's novel The Postman Always Rings Twice to Fascist Italy, Visconti embedded the melodramatic tale of sexual obsession and murder in the gritty, provincial environments of Ancona and Ferrara. Influenced by the work of Jean ... Full Review
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Clara Calamai
Giovanna Bragana
Massimo Girotti
Gino
Juan de Landa
Bragana
Dhia Cristani
Anita
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