Three Brothers

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7:00 Three Brothers
Francesco Rosi (Italy, 1981)

(Tre fratelli). “Being a hero is a thing of the past,” claims a character in Rosi’s elegiac 1981 examination of a contemporary Italy that, still haunted by the political turmoil and class warfare of the 1970s, seemed at the verge of collapse. Three brothers—a lawyer, a radical, and an idealist—return to their southern Italy family farm for their mother’s funeral. Through their lives and dreams, Rosi presents the state of a nation nearing exhaustion, torn apart by class conflicts, the north/south divide, terrorism, and urban poverty. But this is Italy, and this is Rosi: through a father’s memories, or a grand-daughter’s joy, Rosi infuses modern critique with the timelessness of family. The film’s grand opening and closing credits—a blank apartment block, surrounded by rats and garbage, versus a man’s weathered hands, and a wife’s wedding ring next to his own—sum up the film’s quietly devastating critique—and celebration—of modern, eternal Italy. “A great film . . . extraordinarily beautiful” (David Denby). —Jason Sanders

• Written by Tonino Guerra, Rosi, freely adapted from the novel The Third Son by A. Platanov. Photographed by Pasqualino De Santis. With Charles Vanel, Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzogiorno. (113 mins, In Italian with English subtitles, Color, 35mm, From Cinecittà Luce S.p.A.)

Double feature price is $4 for the second movie. This film is followed by The Swindlers, by Francesco Rosi.

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