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Rocco and His Brothers
1960
· Movie
· 179 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #176
- IMDb #183
- Rotten Tomatoes #326
- Metacritic #364
- Letterboxd #108
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #958
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #198
- Metacritic Audience #460
- Criticker #63
- Kinopoisk #250
- AlloCiné #269
- Trakt #560
Every rating
76–94
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 76, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 94.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →After the death of their father, a poor widow and her five sons move from rural southern Italy to Milan for a better life. The film follows the fates of the brothers as they struggle with poverty, love, and crime, and their intense familial bonds are tested by the harsh realities of the city.
Details
- Director
- Luchino Visconti
- Writers
- Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti, Massimo Franciosa, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Suso Cecchi d'Amico
- Studio
- Titanus, Les Films Marceau
- Released
- 7 October 1960
- Country
- Italy, France
- Language
- Italian
- Runtime
- 179 min
- Rated
- NR
- Awards
- 8 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 17 →2 major awards won · 8 wins from 17 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Venice Film Festival 1960 | FIPRESCI Prize | Luchino Visconti | Winner |
| Venice Film Festival 1960 | Special Jury Prize | Luchino Visconti | Winner |
| BAFTA Awards 1962 | Best Film From Any Source | Nominee | |
| BAFTA Awards 1962 | Best Foreign Actress | Annie Girardot | Nominee |
| Venice Film Festival 1960 | Golden Lion | Luchino Visconti | Nominee |
| Bodil Award 1962 | Best European Film | Luchino Visconti | Winner |
| Sant Jordi Award 1962 | Best Foreign Actress | Annie Girardot | Winner |
| Sant Jordi Award 1962 | Best Film of the Year | Luchino Visconti | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Venice Film Festival
3 nominations, 2 won
| FIPRESCI Prize | Luchino Visconti | Winner |
| Special Jury Prize | Luchino Visconti | Winner |
| Golden Lion | Luchino Visconti | Nominee |
BAFTA Awards
2 nominations
| Best Film From Any Source | Nominee | |
| Best Foreign Actress | Annie Girardot | Nominee |
Nastro d'Argento
8 nominations, 3 won
| Best Cinematography (B&W) | Giuseppe Rotunno | Winner |
| Best Director | Luchino Visconti | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Luchino Visconti, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Enrico Medioli | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Piero Tosi | Nominee |
| Best Producer | Goffredo Lombardo | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Mario Garbuglia | Nominee |
| Best Story | Luchino Visconti, Vasco Pratolini, Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Paolo Stoppa | Nominee |
Sant Jordi Award
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Foreign Actress | Annie Girardot | Winner |
| Best Film of the Year | Luchino Visconti | Nominee |
Bodil Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best European Film | Luchino Visconti | Winner |
David di Donatello
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Production | Goffredo Lombardo | Winner |