A handsome young drifter finds work at a roadhouse and falls in love with his boss's young wife. Driven by greed and sexual passion, the adulterers plot to murder the woman's old husband before it all goes horribly wrong. Master director Luchino Visconti utilises his trademark gritty naturalism and sublime melodrama to evoke barren landscapes, driven characters and sexual candour in a film widely regarded as the pioneering work of neo-realism. Banned by a scandalized Church and fascist censors, Ossessione, though liked by Mussolini, was heavily cut by the censors and eventually destroyed - luckily, Visconti concealed a copy of the negative, the source of the modern print. Adapted without permission from the James M. Cain novel The Postman Always Rings Twice, the film was not shown outside Europe until the mid-1970s due to copyright infringement. This lovingly restored print finally allows Visconti fans to witness the master auteur's finest cinematic achievement.
Product Identifiers
UPC
9322225026360
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18051095980
Product Key Features
Actor
Massimo Girotti, Clara Calamai
Movie/TV Title
Ossessione
Rating
PG
Director
Luchino Visconti
Format
DVD
Language
Italian
Genre
Drama
Studio
Umbrella
Run Time
140 Mins
Type
Dvd
Additional Product Features
Release Year
1942
Number of Discs
1
Distributor
Shock Records
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