An Interview with Writer/Director/Producer Penelope Lawson
We chat with Penelope Lawson about her short film, The Dinner Party, her experience founding her own production company, and fun cinema.
Three Brothers (1981)
In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which he risks assassination; from Naples, the religious and ideological Rocco, a counselor at a correctional institute for boys; from Turin, Nicola, a factory worker involved in labor disputes. Once home, each encounters the past and engages in reveries of what may come.
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In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which he risks assassination; from Naples, the religious and ideological Rocco, a counselor at a correctional institute for boys; from Turin, Nicola, a factory worker involved in labor disputes. Once home, each encounters the past and engages in reveries of what may come.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Francesco Rosi, Tonino Guerra
In Theaters:4/4/1981
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Runtime:113 minutes
Studio:Gaumont, Iter Film
Cast
Francesco Rosi
Director
Philippe Noiret
Raffaele Giuranna
Michele Placido
Nicola Giuranna
Vittorio Mezzogiorno
Rocco Giuranna / Young Donato
Andréa Ferréol
Raffaele's Wife
Maddalena Crippa
Giovanna
Rosaria Tafuri
Rosaria
Marta Zoffoli
Marta
Tino Schirinzi
Raffaeles's Friend
Simonetta Stefanelli
Young Donato's Wife
Pietro Biondi
1st Judge
Charles Vanel
Donato Giuranna
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