Production Companies

Titanus, Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.), Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma

Overview

"Luchino Visconti's enduring romantic adventure"

As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life.