Europa 51
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Directed by Roberto Rossellini.
With Ingrid Bergman, Alexander Knox, Ettore Gianini.
Italy, 1952, 35mm, black & white, 118 min.
English language version.
Print source: HFA
With Ingrid Bergman, Alexander Knox, Ettore Gianini.
Italy, 1952, 35mm, black & white, 118 min.
English language version.
Print source: HFA
Europa 51 is the second in a trilogy of post-neorealist films that Rossellini made in the early 1950s with Ingrid Bergman. In each of the films, he cast the celebrated actress in roles that gave him a new perspective through which to capture aspects of Italian society. Here, Bergman plays a wealthy American living in Rome whose life is shattered by the suicide of the beloved young son whom she has ignored. Taking the advice of a politically engaged friend, she turns to families in real need and finds solace in selfless acts of giving. The world from which she came, however, interprets such 'communistic' activities as a sign of madness.
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