Ossessione / un film di produzione ICI ; diretto da Luchino Visconti ; sceneggiatura e dialoghi di Luchino Visconti, Mario Alicata, Giuseppe De Santis, Gianni Puccini.
Publisher:
International Media Films,
Copyright Date:
2002
Description:
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani, Elio Marcuzzo, Vittorio Duse, Michele Riccardini, Juan De Landa. Adapted from James M. Cain's "The Postman Always Rings Twice." Originally released as a motion picture in 1942. A foreign film (Italy). Uncensored director's cut.
Summary:
The story of the ill-fated love between Gino, a virile young drifter, who arrives by chance at a roadside restaurant and filling station, and Giovanna, the beautiful young wife of the fat old man who owns the place. Gino leaves, only to return because he can't get her out of his blood. They kill her husband but his death haunts the guilt-ridden Gino.
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