Violent Life (1962)
- Original title
- Una vita violenta
- Directed by
- Brunello Rondi, Paolo Heusch
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This Italian drama follows a young man living in the impoverished outskirts of Rome. He gets caught up in a cycle of crime and violence while trying to survive.
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What happens
Una vita violenta (internationally released as Violent Life) is a 1962 Italian drama film by Paolo Heusch and Brunello Rondi, at his directorial debut. It is based on a novel with the same name by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The film was shown as part of a retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" at the 65th Venice International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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