
The three Giuranna brothers are given the opportunity to take stock of their lives when they return to their Southern Italian village to bury their mother
In
a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their
sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a Judge facing a political case for which he risks
assassination; from Naples, the religious and ideological Rocco, a counsellor at
a correctional institute for boys; from Turin, Nicola, a factory worker
involved in labour disputes.
Once home each encounters the past and engages in
what might be to come. Raffaele imagines his death, Rocco dreams of lifting
the youth of Naples out of violence, drugs and corruption, Nicola dreams of
embracing his estranged wife.
Directed by: Francesco Rosi
Released: 1981
Run
time: 111 minutes
Classification 12