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Europa '51

a.k.a. Europe '51

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lorax's avatar
lorax
Nice social message, Bergman kills it- as you'd expect, and Giulietta Masina's little role is a treat. My enjoyment was hindered by that irritating trope of early 50's cinema: a completely illogical justice system that serves solely to be antagonistic. Bugged the hell out of me.
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Camille Deadpan
At times the movie reminded me (stylistically) of von Sternberg's Dietrich:The Scarlet Empress (1934), Shanghai Express (1932).

Scorsese said: "After making The Flowers of St. Francis, Rossellini asked, what would a modern-day saint be like? I think they based it on Simone Weil, and Ingrid Bergman played the part."
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nicolaskrizan
one woman's journey