Europe '51 (1952)

Director
Roberto Rossellini

Main cast
Ingrid Bergman; Alexander Knox; Ettore Giannini; Teresa Pellati; Giulietta Masina

Genres
Drama

Description
Is a provocative, haunting, and compassionate examination of the isolating and often misunderstood path of personal redemption and spiritual service in contemporary society. Composed of alternating sequences of daytime and nighttime episodes, the film presents a recurring visual dichotomy that illustrates the polarizing division between wealth and poverty, spirituality and materialism, vanity and humility, selfishness and benevolence.


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