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Master Rank #380

Rocco and His Brothers

1960

GCML Total8.6640% Greatness · 40% Engagement · 20% Ease

Directed by Luchino Visconti

CastAlain Delon · Renato Salvatori · Annie Girardot

ItalyItalianCrime / Drama178 minNot Rated
GCML CuratedNarrative FeatureModerate pace
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Spoiler-free premise

Widow Rosaria moves her five sons from southern Italy to Milan, where boxer Simone and gentle Rocco become rivals over Nadia.

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Widow Rosaria Parondi brings sons Vincenzo, Simone, Rocco, Ciro, and Luca from Lucania to industrial Milan. Boxing offers Simone and later Rocco a route upward, while both men's involvement with Nadia turns family loyalty into damaging sacrifice.

Why it belongs

Luchino Visconti makes migration a family epic through Milan streets, boxing labor, melodrama, and contrasting brothers pulled toward different modern lives.

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Alain Delon and Renato Salvatori make Rocco's self-denial and Simone's grievance equally physical. Snow, tenements, gyms, factories, cathedral rooftops, and Nino Rota's score give each brother a different Milan.

Major award record

Metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
Golden Globes1 win1961 · official film record ↗
Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language1961 · Rocco and His Brothersofficial film record ↗

Totals include every recorded competitive win. Only Picture or top-film honors, Direction, Screenplay, and lead or supporting performances are named.

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