The read
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
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 what may come.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
44 audience votes
Key crew
- Francesco RosiDirector
- Tonino GuerraScreenplay
- Francesco RosiScreenplay
- Piero PiccioniOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Philippe NoiretRaffaele Giuranna
- Michele PlacidoNicola Giuranna
- Vittorio MezzogiornoRocco Giuranna / Young Donato
- Andréa FerréolRaffaele's Wife
- Maddalena CrippaGiovanna
- Rosaria TafuriRosaria
- Marta ZoffoliMarta
- Tino SchirinziRaffaeles's Friend
- Simonetta StefanelliYoung Donato's Wife
- Pietro Biondi1st Judge
- Charles VanelDonato Giuranna
- Accursio Di Leo1st Friend at Bar