Ossessione

Ossessione

1944 · 140 min · IT · 7.5 (213 votes)
Dir. Luchino Visconti · Starring Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani, Elio Marcuzzo, Vittorio Duse, Michele Riccardini
CrimeDramaRomance

Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husband.

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A raw, sun-drenched Italian drama that feels as suffocating as it is alluring. It’s a slow-burn descent into obsession and consequence, steeped in the dusty, provincial landscape where desire festers and ambition curdles.

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