When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.
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slow-burndarkharrowinglayeredseriousbroadearnest
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Movie1960·178 min
Rocco and His Brothers
Directed by Luchino Visconti
A drama romance film directed by Luchino Visconti.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 4%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
8.0/10
673 ratings
About Rocco and His Brothers
- Pacing
- Slow-burn (1 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Harrowing (9 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Broad (6 of 9)
- Spirit
- Earnest (5 of 9)
- Texture
- Gritty, Contemplative
- Story Tags
- family dysfunction, ambition hubris, betrayal, mid century, sex work, sports, urban, siblings, parent child, underdog, everyman, tragedy arc, rise and fall, sweeping romance