ITALY · 1963

The Leopard

Luchino Visconti
social change and upheaval aristocratic decline Italian unification tradition versus modernity class struggle
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As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life.

Year1963
CountryItaly
DirectorLuchino Visconti
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