ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS(1960)—Luchino Visconti’s sixth feature—marked a return to the director’s neo-realist roots while simultaneously advancing the grand style he adopted in the mid-1950s with Senso.
“One of the most sumptuous black-and-white pictures I’ve ever seen.” — Martin Scorsese
This epic story of a southern Italian family transplanted to Milan stars Annie Girardot, Claudia Cardinale, Katina Paxinou, and—on the male side—a veritable Alasdair McLellan portfolio avant la lettre, led by Alain Delon in the title role of Rocco Parondi.*
“Like all migrants, they are in search of opportunity, but instead they find an environment that only magnifies their respective strengths and weaknesses.” — Scott Eyman
As part of the American Cinematheque series Luchino Visconti—Cinematic Nobility—co-presented by Luce Cinecittà—ROCCO will screen twice this month in a DCP restored by Cineteca di Bologna in association with Titanus.
ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS
Saturday, March 2, at 7:30 pm.
Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles.
Saturday, March 30, at 7:30 pm.
Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica.
*When a judge with the same name threatened to sue the filmmakers, the family name “Pafundi” in the original negative was changed, post-production, to “Parondi.”
From top: Alain Delon in Rocco and His Brothers; Renato Salvatori as brother Simone and Annie Girardot as Nadia; Luchino Visconti (second from left) on set; Max Cartier, as brother Ciro, and Delon; Salvatori (left), Visconti, Claudia Cardinale as Ginetta, and Delon on set; Delon, with Rocco Vidolazzi as younger brother Luca.
