Three Brothers

Year: 1981

Runtime: 113 mins

Language: Italian

Director: Francesco Rosi

Drama

In a southern Italian farmhouse an elderly matriarch dies, prompting her husband to summon his three sons. Raffaele, a Roman judge, is handling a perilous political case; Rocco, a Neapolitan counselor at a boys’ correctional institute, wrestles with faith and ideology; Nicola, a Turinese factory worker, is embroiled in labor disputes. Reunited, each brother confronts his past and reflects on the uncertain future.

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