Rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release: 03/19/1981(Italy)
Release Date: 07/16/2002
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Italian
Run Time: 113 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Facets

Director Francesco Rosi earned a Best Foreign Film Academy Award nomination for his drama Tre Fratelli (Three Brothers), an adaptation of a work by Andrei Platonov. When the matriarch of an Italian family dies, the husband brings his three boys, each of whom are facing difficult personal problems, back to their farmhouse. Raffaele (Philippe Noiret) is a judge who fears being executed over the politically unsettling case over which he is presiding. Rocco (Vittorio Mezzogiorno) is quite religious and dreams of helping troubled teenagers. Nicola (Michele Placido) is a worker involved in a labor dispute as well as a failed marriage. Each of the men grieves in his own way, while also wrestling with the other emotional issues that are pressing on them.

~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Philippe Noiret - Raffaele
Michele Placido - Nicola
Charles Vanel - Donato Giuranna
Vittorio Mezzogiorno - Rocco
Andréa Ferréol - Raffaele's wife

Production:
Francesco Rosi - Director
Antonio Macri Giorgio Nocella - Producer
Piero Piccioni - Composer
Ruggero Mastroianni - Editor
Tonino Guerra Francesco Rosi - Screen Writer
Andrea Crisanti - Set Designer
Andrea Crisanti - Art Director
Pasqualino De Santis - Cinematographer
Andrei Platonov - Short Story Author

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