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Three Brothers

Genre

Film drama

Cast

Michele Placido, Philippe Noiret, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Charles Vanel, Tino Schirinzi

Directed by

Francesco Rosi

Three Brothers

Genre

Film drama

Cast

Michele Placido, Philippe Noiret, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Charles Vanel, Tino Schirinzi

Directed by

Francesco Rosi
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Where it was filmed 'Three Brothers'

Donato Giuranna (Charles Vanel), an elderly farmworker, now alone in his farmhouse (Masseria Viti De Angelis in Altamura) in the Murge plateau of Apulia, walks down to the village to send telegrams to his three children informing them of their mother’s death. The post office is actually the town hall of Cassano delle Murge in piazza Aldo Moro (with the Church of Santa Maria Assunta behind). Further down the same square, his son Raffaele (Philippe Noiret) find some old friends in a bar. The landscape of the Murge plateau includes Gravina and spots in Matera, city and outskirts.

The three sons have each made a life in a different city: Rocco (Vittorio Mezzogiorno) is the director of a correction centre for minors in Naples, Nicola (Michele Placido) is a workman in Turin, Raffaele is a magistrate in Rome (one night he dreams of his death at the hands of terrorists in via Baiamonti, on the corner with Viale Mazzini). The four men are forced to deal with what they were and who they have become: Rocco meets the old parish priest and sits at the piano in an old church (part of the Convent of St. Francis in Miglionico); a memory of his youth takes Donato and his defunct wife to the beach of Lido Quarantotto on the Ionian coast in the Lucania area.

Where it was filmed 'Three Brothers'

Donato Giuranna (Charles Vanel), an elderly farmworker, now alone in his farmhouse (Masseria Viti De Angelis in Altamura) in the Murge plateau of Apulia, walks down to the village to send telegrams to his three children informing them of their mother’s death. The post office is actually the town hall of Cassano delle Murge in piazza Aldo Moro (with the Church of Santa Maria Assunta behind). Further down the same square, his son Raffaele (Philippe Noiret) find some old friends in a bar. The landscape of the Murge plateau includes Gravina and spots in Matera, city and outskirts.

The three sons have each made a life in a different city: Rocco (Vittorio Mezzogiorno) is the director of a correction centre for minors in Naples, Nicola (Michele Placido) is a workman in Turin, Raffaele is a magistrate in Rome (one night he dreams of his death at the hands of terrorists in via Baiamonti, on the corner with Viale Mazzini). The four men are forced to deal with what they were and who they have become: Rocco meets the old parish priest and sits at the piano in an old church (part of the Convent of St. Francis in Miglionico); a memory of his youth takes Donato and his defunct wife to the beach of Lido Quarantotto on the Ionian coast in the Lucania area.

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Three Brothers
Genre
Film drama
Directed by
Francesco Rosi
Cast
Michele Placido, Philippe Noiret, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Charles Vanel, Tino Schirinzi
Country of production
Italy
Year
1981
Production

Iterfilm, Gaumont

Awards
David di Donatello 1981: Best Director to Francesco Rosi – Best Screenplay to Francesco Rosi and Tonino Guerra – Best Supporting Actress to Maddalena Crippa – Best Supporting Actor to Charles Vanel – Best Cinematography to Pasqualino De Santis / Nastro d'argento 1981: Best Director to Francesco Rosi – Best Actor to Vittorio Mezzogiorno – Best Cinematography to Pasqualino De Santis
Plot

Inspired by the story The Third Son by Andrej P. Platonov. Three brothers from Southern Italy, of different ages and lifestyles, meet up in their hometown when their mother dies. Set during the anni di piombo (the years of lead) in Italy, this is an opportunity for them to take stock of their lives.

The locations

Altamura
Region: Puglia Type: City Territory: Historical centre
Castle del Malconsiglio – Miglionico
Region: Basilicata Type: Castle Territory: Hill, Village
Gravina in Puglia
Region: Puglia Type: Village Territory: Borgo (walled/fortified village), Countryside, Historical centre, Small town, Hill
Matera I Sassi
Region: Basilicata Type: City Territory: City

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