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Tre fratelli
ITALY · 1981

Tre fratelli

Francesco Rosi
family reunion class struggle Italian regional identity political corruption generational conflict
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Synopsis

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 counselor at a correctional institute for boys; from Turin, Nicola, a factory worker involved in labor disputes. Once home, each encounters the past and engages in reveries of

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