Ossessione
1943 · Movie · 135 min. · Italy
"Ossessione", made in 1942 and banned in Italy by Mussolini, is a powerful delineation of the ill-fated love between Gino, a virile young drifter who arrives by chance at a roadside restaurant and filling station, and Giovanna, the beautiful young wife of the fat old man who owns the place. Giovanna's husband disgusts her; every time he touches her she wants to scream. Gino leaves, only to return because he can't get her out of his blood. They kill her husband, but his death haunts the guilt-ridden Gino.
Direction Luchino Visconti
Cast Clara Calamai · Massimo Girotti · Juan de Landa · Dhia Cristiani · Vittorio Duse · Michele Riccardini · Elio Marcuzzo
Soundtrack Giuseppe Rosati
Screenplay Luchino Visconti · Giuseppe de Santis · Mario Alicata · Puccini · Antonio Pietrangeli · James M. Cain
Cinematography Aldo Tonti · Domenico Scala
Original title Ossessione
7.4
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