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1943
Ossessione is a 1943 Italian crime drama film directed and co-written by Luchino Visconti, in his directorial debut. It is an unauthorized and uncredited adaptation of the 1934 novel The Postman Always Rings Twice by American author James M. Cain, and stars Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, and Juan de Landa in the leading roles. It is often considered to be the first Italian neorealist film, though there is some…
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Italian Neorealism, a movement primarily associated with the Italian film industry in the first decade after the Second World War, has been recognised by critics, film scholars, and connoisseurs to have roots in the earlier period as well. One of the prime candidates for the title of the first Italian neorealist film is the 1943 drama *Obsession*, better known under its original Italian title *Ossessione*. This film…More
