Three Brothers (1981 film)

Three Brothers (Italian: Tre fratelli) is a 1981 Italian film based on a work by Andrei Platonov. It was directed by Francesco Rosi and stars Philippe Noiret, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Michele Placido and Charles Vanel.

Three Brothers
Film poster
Directed byFrancesco Rosi
Written byTonino Guerra
Francesco Rosi
Produced byGiorgio Nocella
Antonio Macrì
StarringPhilippe Noiret
Michele Placido
CinematographyPasqualino De Santis
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni
Music byPino Daniele
Piero Piccioni
Release date
  • 15 May 1981 (1981-05-15) (France)
Running time
113 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
LanguageItalian

The film won the Boston Society of Film Critics award for Best Foreign Film, and the Nastro d'Argento for Best Director and Actor. It received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[1] It was screened out of competition at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Plot

An elderly woman, the matriarch of an Italian family, passes away in a farmhouse in southern Italy. Donato, her husband, summons their three adult children from the cities where they now reside, each of whom is dealing with challenging personal issues, back to their farmhouse. Raffaele, one of their sons and a judge in Rome, is contemplating presiding over a terrorism case where he would be at risk of assassination. In order to pursue his desire to assist troubled youths, another son, Rocco, who resides in Naples, is devout and works as a counselor in a boys' penal facility. Nicola, the third son, resides in Turin and works as a militant factory worker involved in a labor conflict while juggling a broken marriage. Each of the men deals with his grief in his own unique way, while simultaneously battling other emotional problems. The sons reflect on the past and daydream about the future; Raffaele visualizes his demise, Rocco dreams of rescuing Naples' youth from crime, drugs, and corruption, and Nicola sees himself hugging his estranged wife. While grieving together, Donato and his tiny granddaughter, Nicola's child, explore the farm's rhythms.

Cast

See also

References
  1. "The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Three Brothers". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-07.


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