The Italian director Luchino Visconti directed "Rocco and his Brothers", an epic of modern urban life. The film tells the melodramatic story of a family uprooted from their village in southern Italy, who battle for existence in the industrial metropolis of Milan. The violent sexuality of the film proved too much for the Italian censors, but it is the full, restored version of "Rocco" that Sam Rohdie's analysis sees as a masterpiece of Italian cinema. This text is part of the "BFI Film Classics" series. Each volume in the series presents a personal commentary on the film, together with a brief production history and a detailed filmography, notes and bibliography.
- ISBN10 0851703402
- ISBN13 9780851703404
- Publish Date 1 May 1993
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 August 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint BFI Publishing
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 80
- Language English