Journey to Italy

Viaggio in Italia

Rossellini’s classic examination of a marriage on the rocks features a perfectly cast Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders.

  • Director

    Roberto Rossellini

  • With

    Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Maria Mauban

  • Italy-France 1954. 87min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    PG

  • English subtitles

Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders are perfectly cast as the couple whose marriage hits a crisis of mutual boredom and contempt during a trip to Italy; true to his neo-realist past, Rossellini opts for a narrative short on dramatic events, at the same time as using the banality of everyday life to shed light on his characters’ inner lives. The result is a film of extraordinary subtlety and power.

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